Paprika (1991 film)
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Paprika is a 1991 Italian
film directed by Tinto Brass
. The story follows the title character, a young girl who works as a prostitute in various brothel
s, losing any sense of self confidence and self-respect. But eventually she finds redemption, wealth and her one true love. The film is loosely based on John Cleland
's Fanny Hill
.
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
film directed by Tinto Brass
Tinto Brass
Giovanni Brass , better known as Tinto Brass, is an Italian filmmaker. He is noted especially for his work in the erotic genre, with films such as Così fan tutte , Paprika, Monella and Trasgredire...
. The story follows the title character, a young girl who works as a prostitute in various brothel
Brothel
Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...
s, losing any sense of self confidence and self-respect. But eventually she finds redemption, wealth and her one true love. The film is loosely based on John Cleland
John Cleland
John Cleland was an English novelist most famous and infamous as the author of Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure....
's Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is an erotic novel by John Cleland first published in England in 1748...
.