Paprika (1991)
In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?
- Released
- 1991-02-13
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tinto Brass, Bernardino Zapponi, Tinto Brass
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 626 votes
Cast
- Debora Caprioglio as Paprika
- Stéphane Ferrara as Rocco
- Martine Brochard as Madame Collette
- Stéphane Bonnet as Franco
- Rossana Gavinel as Gina
- Renzo Rinaldi as Count Bastiano Rosasco
- Nina Soldano as Journalist
- Clara Algranti as Sciura Angelina
- Luciana Cirenei as Donna Olimpia
- John Steiner as Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
- Valentine Demy as Beba
- Luigi Laezza as Nino