About Cherry

(2012)

★ 4.6 IMDb · 324 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2012

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Stephen Elliott

Cast: Эшли Грейс, Лили Тейлор, Дев Патель, Дайан Фарр, Джонни Уэстон, Джеймс Франко, Хизер Грэм, Maya Raines, Vincent Palo, Elana Krausz

Plot

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.

Angelina is an 18-year-old girl not far from graduating from high school. Her boyfriend Bobby suggests that she take naked pictures of herself and sell them. She is initially hesitant, but eventually does the photo shoot and uses the money to run away to San Francisco with her best friend Andrew. At a strip club party in the city, she meets a wealthy lawyer named Francis, who offers to introduce her to a glamorous world of expensive dresses and lavish parties. Angelina also meets Margaret who is a lesbian and a former porn star turned adult film director. She offers Angelina, now using the porn name Cherry, direction in her entry into the San Francisco porn industry. She makes several soft pornography films before deciding to do a hardcore film. After she shoots the film, an angry Francis chastises her before getting them in a car accident. she returns home to find Andrew watching one of her films. After an argument, she decides to leave and meets Margaret at a bar. They make out and go to Margaret's apartment to have sex. She moves in with Margaret some time afterwards and becomes her lover, and takes on a new job as a porn director.