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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

91 min

Cast:

Massimo Girotti, Carlo Ninchi, Elli Parvo

Quality:

HD

Director:

Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Pagliero

Release:

1946

Country:

Italy

Rating:

5.2