Honey Girls Jam Their Hearts Out
A trio of girls form a band and enter a singing competition together after learning they work best as a team.
Desire (1950)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Rosario Leone, Giuseppe De Santis, Roberto Rossellini, Diego Calcagno, Marcello Pagliero, Guglielmo Santangelo
In Theaters:2/8/1950
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Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:Sovrania Film, Imperator Film, SAFIR
Cast
Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini
Director
Massimo Girotti
Nando Mancini
Carlo Ninchi
Giovanni Mirelli
Elli Parvo
Paola Previtali
Roswita Schmidt
Anna Previtali Mancini
Lia Corelli
Elena
Francesco Grandjacquet
Riccardo
Jucci Kellerman
Lia
Spartaco Conversi
Giovanna Scotto
Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
Astorre Pederzoli
(uncredited)
Tito Rinaldi
(uncredited)
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