Pleasure, the feature debut of Swedish writer/director Ninja Thyberg, tells the story of one woman’s quest to become “the next big porn star.” In a subversive twist on the American Dream, Bella has a single-minded aspiration toward porn stardom. She’s a natural exhibitionist who finds joy in performing sex work: “I love being in front of the camera, I love having people watching me.”
To make the feature, the filmmaker spent several years observing the industry first-hand, visiting porn sets and living for a time in a house shared by adult film performers, just as Bella does in the movie. The cast is made up of people who actually work in porn, and much of the film shows the mundane “business” aspect of adult entertainment—the production set-ups, staging, choreography of the scenes. Bella remains committed to her pursuits, which boil down to becoming a Spiegler Girl, the crème de la crème of the business who are revered for having essentially zero limits as to what they’re willing to do on camera—talent agent Mark Spiegler plays a version of himself.
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Check out more about the new feature film “Pleasure”: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/13/1098419158/pleasure-movie-review-porn-star-ninja-thyberg-director
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