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About
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.
Theatrical
Feb 8, 1950
Directors
Writers
Rosario Leone, Giuseppe De Santis, Roberto Rossellini, Diego Calcagno, Marcello Pagliero, Guglielmo Santangelo
Producers
Music
Studio
Sovrania Film, Imperator Film, SAFIR
Original Title
Desiderio
Original Language
Italian
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