A young woman arrives from a distant land in the capital of a certain entertainment industry and ascends the ladder of success, only to lose a bit of her soul on each rung of the climb.
That, of course, is the plot of Showgirls, but it's not like Paul Verhoeven, or anyone who's written a version of Faust, ever patented the concept.
This means Swedish writer-director Ninja Thyberg has room to put her own stamp on this classic rags-to-riches-to-nihilism-and-disillusion narrative arc with Pleasure, an explicit account of an ambitious young woman's journey through Los Angeles' pornography industry, starring 22-year-old Sofia Kappel.
Read more on hollywoodreporter.com