18-year-old Angelina shuffles between school, a dead-end job, her exploitative boyfriend, and home, where her life consists of cleaning up after her alcoholic mother and protecting her younger sister from their menacing stepfather. After arranging an escape to San Francisco with her best friend Andrew, she soon finds herself dating a coke-addicted attorney and becoming immersed in the local porn industry, mentored by lesbian director Margaret, who has more than just a professional interest in Angelina's talents.
Acting
Ashley Hinshaw's raw vulnerability carries every frame
Direction
Elliott blurs documentary grit with fever dream subjectivity
Costume
Angelina's escalating looks track her identity dissolution
Director
Stephen Elliott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Stephen Elliott based this on his own memoir about sex work and addiction; the porn industry scenes were shot with actual San Francisco performers.
The film's 4.6 rating reflects audiences expecting titillation and getting unflinching class trauma instead—it's deliberately not the movie marketing suggested.
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