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.
Marcello Pagliero | Director |
Roberto Rossellini | Director |
Rosario Leone | Screenplay |
Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay |
Roberto Rossellini | Screenplay |
Diego Calcagno | Screenplay |
Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
Rodolfo Lombardi | Director of Photography |
Ugo Lombardi | Director of Photography |
Marcello Pagliero | Editor |