The Nymph

– Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 50 Minutes
Release Year:
1996
Original Name:
Ninfa plebea
The Nymph (1996) - Also known as Ninfa plebea

Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished village in Southern Italy.

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Release Date:

12 Apr 1996

Language:

Italian

Director:

Lina Wertmüller

Writer:

Ugo Pirro, Domenico Rea (novel), Lina Wertmüller

Main Actors:

Stefania Sandrelli, Raoul Bova, Lucia Cara, Lorenzo Crespi

Plot:

In the World War II, in a small Italian village, Nunziata is an easy woman married with the cuckold tailor Gioacchino. Her teenage daughter Miluzza teases men with her clothes and gets men to lust after her. One day, Nunziata dies while having intercourse with an Italian Corporal at home, and Miluzza finds a job in the factory of the wealthy Don Peppe that rapes her. When Miluzza returns home, she learns that Gioacchino has died in the afternoon. Soon there are rumors that Miluzza had an affair with Don Peppe, but her grandfather protects her. Then Miluzza's village is bombed, her grandpa dies and she moves to another town to live with a friend. When she finds the Italian soldier Pietro wounded in the leg in her house, Miluzza saves his life and helps him to return to his family. Pietro proposes to marry her, but her mother wants to prove that Miluzza is virgin before blessing the marriage of her son.

Awards:

3 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10