Maladolescenza (often released in English under the titles Playing with Love or Puppy Love ) is an Italian erotic drama directed by Pier Giuseppe Murgia. The film is infamous not for its artistic qualities but for its subject matter: it features graphic simulated sex scenes and full-frontal nudity involving actors who were underage at the time of filming. Due to these scenes, the film has been banned in several countries, often labeled as child pornography.
The film's narrative centers on a power struggle and the loss of innocence within a "dark fairy tale" forest setting. The Protagonists
A sophisticated and manipulative 13-year-old girl who joins them. Her arrival creates a dangerous love triangle that shifts the power dynamics and leads to a tragic conclusion.