Director Stephen Elliott has released a full trailer and promotional stills for Cherry, a new film starring Ashley Hinshaw as Angelina, an 18-year old making her first forays into the adult entertainment industry (see video and slideshow links at left). The film was one of eighteen films that premiered last week as part of the Panorama program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Cherry was co-written by Elliott (a former sex worker-turned author) and adult performer Lorelei Lee, and also stars James Franco, Lili Taylor, Jonny Weston, Dev Patel, and Heather Graham. Cherry was partly filmed at the Kink.com studios at the San Francisco Armory.
Earlier this month French distributor Rezo acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film outside of North America; ICM is handling North American sales rights according to a report at Variety.com.
Here's more on the film, via Elliott's site, TheRumpus.net:
Cherry is about Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw), an 18-year-old girl on the verge of finishing high school. Angelina’s family life is difficult. Her mother (Lili Taylor) is an alcoholic and her step-father is violent and unpredictable. One morning her boyfriend (Jonny Weston) suggests she take naked pictures for money. She balks at first but then does the photo shoot, using the money to run-off with her best friend (Dev Patel) to San Francisco. In San Francisco, while cocktailing in a strip club, Angelina meets Frances (James Franco) a well-off lawyer who offers to introduce her to a different kind of world, a place full of expensive dresses and fancy parties. But that world is not as perfect as it first appears and Frances has problems of his own. At the same time Angelina, using the moniker Cherry, has begun exploring the San Francisco porn industry under the direction of Margaret (Heather Graham) a former performer turned adult film director...
Cherry challenges assumptions about porn, sexuality, and success, and faces the difficult question of where you need to be in order to find yourself.
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