Desire

Overview

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.

Ratings

Cast

Massimo Girotti

Nando Mancini

Carlo Ninchi

Giovanni Mirelli

Elli Parvo

Paola Previtali

Roswita Schmidt

Anna Previtali Mancini

L

Lia Corelli

Elena

Francesco Grandjacquet

Riccardo

J

Jucci Kellerman

Lia

Spartaco Conversi

G

Giovanna Scotto

Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother

A

Astorre Pederzoli

(uncredited)