Paprika
Tinto Brass re-opens the closed houses!
Starring: Debora Caprioglio, Stéphane Ferrara, Martine Brochard, Stéphane Bonnet, Rossana Gavinel
Writer: John Cleland, Bernardino Zapponi, Tinto Brass, Tinto Brass, Bernardino Zapponi
February 13, 1991
7.1 / 10
Tinto Brass
San Francisco Film
Overview
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?