52 Films by Women Vol 6. 49. PLEASURE (Director: Ninja Thyberg)
Contains spoilers Pleasure , directed by Ninja Thyberg from a screenplay she co-wrote with Peter Modestij, is not a film to be watched on one’s home computer. Freeze at least forty per cent of the scenes and it will look like you are watching pornography, as opposed to an objective film made about the Los Angeles porn industry. Nineteen-year-old Swede, Linnéa (Sofia Kappel) rebrands herself as Bella Cherry as she attempts to be the biggest star in hard porn, specifically a Spiegler girl, working for the top agency. Governed by consent forms, Linnéa finds herself in a cruel industry. You can suffer or mete cruelty out. It is not a dream you can share with your friends or your family – Linnéa tells her mother she has undertaken an internship. It requires immense confidence and self-possession as well as a willingness to participate in degrading acts. You make new friends, girls who eat pizza and watch Game of Thrones - the film was shot in 2019. You recognise you...