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Paprika

1991 · 116 min

A bawdy, bittersweet tour of a vanished world, mixing erotic spectacle with a wistful search for self-worth.

Directed by: Tinto Brass
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Debora Caprioglio, Stéphane Ferrara, Martine Brochard

Tagline: Tinto Brass re-opens the closed houses!
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?

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Directed by: Tinto Brass
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Debora Caprioglio, Stéphane Ferrara, Martine Brochard

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
sexuality
class
love
redemption
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Tinto Brass
Written by: Tinto Brass, Bernardino Zapponi
Starring: Debora Caprioglio, Stéphane Ferrara, Martine Brochard, Stéphane Bonnet, Rossana Gavinel, Renzo Rinaldi, Nina Soldano, Clara Algranti
Music: Riz Ortolani
Cinematography: Silvano Ippoliti
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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