The Nymph

{{Infobox film | name = The Nymph | image =The Nymph.jpg | caption = | director = Lina Wertmüller | based_on = {{Based on|''Ninfa plebea''|Domenico Rea}} | screenplay = Ugo Pirro<br>Lina Wertmüller | producer = Ciro Ippolito<br>Fulvio Lucisano | starring = {{Plainlist| *Lucia Cara *Raoul Bova *Stefania Sandrelli }} | music = Ennio Morricone | cinematography = Ennio Guarnieri | editing = Pierluigi Leonardi | released = {{Film date|1996}} | country = Italy }} '''''Ninfa plebea''''', internationally released as '''''The Nymph''''', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. It is based on the Strega Prize winning novel of the same name by Domenico Rea.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401372}}</ref>

==Plot== During World War II, Miluzza, a sensual adolescent girl comes of age in a small Southern Italian village.

==Cast== * Lucia Cara as Miluzza * Raoul Bova as Pietro * Stefania Sandrelli as Nunziata * Isa Danieli as Gesummia * Peppe De Rosa as Don Peppe * Lorenzo Crespi as Dino * Simona Patitucci as Rosinella * Giuditta del Vecchio as Annuzza * Lola Pagnani as Lucia

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0117185}} {{Lina Wertmüller}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nymph, The}} Category:1996 films Category:1996 comedy-drama films Category:Italian comedy-drama films Category:Films directed by Lina Wertmüller Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone Category:Films with screenplays by Ugo Pirro Category:1996 Italian films Category:1996 Italian-language films Category:Italian-language comedy-drama films