Miranda (1985 film)


Miranda is a 1985 Italian erotic drama film directed by Tinto Brass. It is loosely based on the three-act comedy La locandiera by Carlo Goldoni.

Plot

Miranda is an innkeeper living in a small Po Valley town of the late 1940s. She is left a widow after her husband is lost in World War II but she has been denying marriage, waiting for her husband's return. Her lover is the transporter Berto, but while Berto is away, she also runs affairs with other men, namely Carlo, an older and rich former fascist who buys expensive presents to Miranda and Norman, an American engineer who works in the environs of the town. Meanwhile, Tony, an employee at the inn also has a deep interest in Miranda but she always insists on keeping him at bay.

Cast