In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?
Paprika has generally received very positive reviews.
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Paprika was released in 1991 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 583 reviews, giving Paprika (1991) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 74%.
With a score of 75%, Paprika is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like The Fisher King and Delicatessen.
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