Desire
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.
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Desire
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Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 9, 1946
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama
User Score
59%
Original Title
Desiderio
Production Companies
Sovrania Film, Imperator Film, Società Anonima Film Italiani Roma (SAFIR)
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Description
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.