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.
Keywords:
Prostitute
Tragedy
Movie tag line: "There's a girl like her in every town!"
Character: Nando Mancini
Character: Giovanni Mirelli
Character: Paola Previtali (as Elly Parvo)
Character: Anna Previtali Mancini
Character: Elena