Pleasure (2013 film)
Pleasure is a 2013 Swedish short film by Ninja Thyberg.[1] The film tells the story of a girl Marie (played by Jenny Hutton) who agrees to perform a double-anal sex scene in a hard porn video in order to keep her job.[2][3] The short tells about the darker side of the porn industry.[4]
It won the Canal + Award in the Critics' Week section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival[2] and was broadcast on Canal + in France.[4] An extended version debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.[5][6]
Thyberg adapted the short into a feature-length film, released in 2022 by NEON.
References
- ^ "Ninja Thyberg". Nordic Women in Film. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Sweden's only film at Cannes is about porn". Sveriges Radio. Radio Sweden. 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Svenska kortfilmen Pleasure tävlar i Cannes". Sfi.se. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Svenska filmen fick pris i Cannes | Nöjesbladet". Aftonbladet. 18 March 2013.
- ^ http://www.sundance.org/pdf/film-guide/SFF14-FilmGuide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Sundance Institute Announces Short Film Program for 2014 Sundance Film Festival". sundance.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
Pleasure / Sweden (Director and screenwriter: Ninja Thyberg) – Behind the scenes of a porn shoot, the actors practice various positions. The rumor is that one of the girls is doing an advanced routine that requires someone extremely tough. Pleasure is a startling film about workplace intrigue.
External links
- Pleasure at IMDb
- Pleasure at Rotten Tomatoes
- Pleasure at the Swedish Film Institute Database
- Thyberg, Ninja (17 March 2019). "PLEASURE" – via Vimeo On Demand.
- "Pleasure". Mubi (streaming service).
