16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and worst of times.
Acting
Deanne Jeffs commits to every pirouette and pole climb.
Production
Sydney's neon-soaked Kings Cross as character.
Director
Pamela Gibbons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Pamela Gibbons was a former dancer herself, which explains the documentary-level detail in the cabaret scenes.
This barely-released 1988 film anticipated 2010's 'Black Swan' and 'Flesh and Bone' by decades, but Australian cinema forgot it existed.
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