Directed by:
Stephen ElliottScreenplay:
Stephen ElliottCinematography:
Darren GenetComposer:
Jeff RussoCast:
Ashley Hinshaw, Lili Taylor, Dev Patel, Diane Farr, Jonny Weston, James Franco, Heather Graham, Megan Boone, Nelson Lee, Jordan Kessler, Nina Ljeti, Lorelei Lee (more)Plots(1)
Eighteen-year-old Angelina works at a launderette and is determined to make something of her life. After earning a bit of cash posing for nude photos she uses the money to escape her white trash background and dysfunctional family and run off to San Francisco with her best pal. After several jobs she gradually drifts into San Francisco's porn industry where, using the moniker Cherry, her naïve yet sexy aura soon brings her success and the opportunity to explore her own sexuality. This self-confident young woman also has to cope with the many prejudices that exist for someone in her line of work; a lawyer who wants to 'save' her turns out to have problems with addiction. Finally, she finds an understanding friend and partner in her director, who has similar problems with her own lover. Before long, Angelina decides to try her hand at directing her own porn film.
In his cinematic debut, director Stephen Eliott's creates a portrait of a young woman in search of herself and her place in the world that is devoid of false morality and voyeurism and approaches its myth-laden topic of porn with a gaze that is fresh and dispassionate.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Ashley Hinshaw
USA
Best movies:
Chronicle (2012)
TalhotBlond (2012) (TV movie)
Shadow Walkers (2013)
Lili Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
The Conjuring (2013)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Dev Patel
UK
Best movies:
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
I Lost My Body (2019)
Diane Farr
USA
Best movies:
WildLike (2014)
The Third Nail (2007)
About Cherry (2012)
Jonny Weston
USA
Best movies:
Chasing Mavericks (2012)
Sugar (2013)
Kelly & Cal (2014)
James Franco
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (2015) (theatrical recording)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
An American Crime (2007)
Heather Graham
USA
Best movies:
The Hangover (2009)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)
Megan Boone
USA
Best movies:
Step Up Revolution (2012)
Leave Me Like You Found Me (2012)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Nelson Lee
Taiwan
Best movies:
Bold Native (2010)
Civil War (2024)
Traffic (2004) (series)
Jordan Kessler
Best movies:
Parenthood (1989)
About Cherry (2012)
Nina Ljeti
Best movies:
Child of God (2013)
About Cherry (2012)
The Letter (2012)
Lorelei Lee
USA
Best movies:
Public Disgrace (2008) (series)
Gang Bang My Face (2006)
Fuck Slaves 3 (2008)
Peter Alton
Best movies:
Love Lies Bleeding (1999)
About Cherry (2012)
LolliLove (2004) - narrator
Darryl Fong
Best movies:
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
True Believer (1989)
Love Is a Gun (1994)
Elana Krausz
Best movies:
Season of Love (2019)
The Rambler (2013)
Audie & the Wolf (2009)
Ernest Waddell
USA
Best movies:
Kiss Me Again (2006)
About Cherry (2012)
Donald E. Lacy Jr.
Best movies:
Bound by Honor (1993)
About Cherry (2012)