Desire (1946)

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.

Released Sept. 9, 1946 91 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.prostitute, tmdb.tragedy, imdb.melodrama, imdb.prostitute, imdb.blackmail, imdb.village, imdb.milan-italy + 2 more, imdb.neorealism, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Sovrania Film, Imperator Film, Società Anonima Film Italiani Roma (SAFIR)

Country: Italy
Production Country: Italy
Languages: Italian