The Girlfriend Experience
Mon, Jun 8—Thu, Jun 11 at 4:45, 7, 9pm
Ends Thu, Jun 11!
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
With Sasha Grey, Chris Santos
(R), 78min
“Grey isn’t the first porn actress to go straight, but she may be the first to allegorize her own situation—projecting an on-screen self-confidence that’s indistinguishable from pathos.” —The Village Voice
Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, The Girlfriend Experience is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation—“the girlfriend experience.” Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control—she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend (Chris Santos) who accepts her lifestyle. But when you're in the business of meeting people, you never know who you're going to meet...
The twentieth film from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, The Girlfriend Experience is a sexy, gorgeously shot time capsule from the not-too-distant past.
Synopsis courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
The Village Voice on The Girlfriend Experience
"No less than Che, or even the Ocean’s Eleven movies, The Girlfriend Experience is a film about its own making." More