The Nymph

On the outskirts of Naples during the Second World War, naïve 15 year-old Miluzza, subjected to repeated abuse by the men around her, is unable to escape the confines of her small village. After her mother's unfortunate death, she meets a wounded soldier and helps him return to his family's farm. He falls in love and wants to marry her but his mother insists on his betrothal to a virgin.

• adultery
• prostitute
• sexual abuse
• based on novel or book
• italy
• world war ii
• innocence
• harassment
• sexism
• orphan
• soldier
• gossip
• prostitute mother
• woman director
• true love
• rumor