Melissa P. (2005)
You have to lose yourself before you can find yourself.
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Melissa P. rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb4.7/10· 8K votes
Metacritic41%
TMDb4.7/10· 606 votesWith 4.7/10 on IMDb and 41/100 on Metacritic, this film is well-rated across multiple platforms.
About Melissa P.
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Cast of Melissa P.
María Valverde
as Melissa P.
Letizia Ciampa
as Manuela
Primo Reggiani
as Daniele
Fabrizia Sacchi
as Daria
Geraldine Chaplin
as Nonna Elvira
Claudio Santamaria
as Custode del museo
Elio Germano
as Arnaldo
Alba Rohrwacher
as Cielia
Giulio Berruti
as Roberto
Nilo Mur
as Marco
- C
Carlo Antonelli
as Prof. Italiano
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
as Istruttore di nuoto
Melissa P. facts
- Box office
- $7.5M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Director Luca Guadagnino brings artistic sensibility to material
- •Teenage sexuality exploration shows maturity in handling themes
- •Coming of age narrative captures adolescent confusion authentically
What the audience disliked
- •Graphic content feels exploitative despite artistic intentions
- •Heavy subject matter overshadows character development arc
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