This Girl´s Life

Colour, 35mm
USA, 2003, 107 min
Section: Forum of Independents

Synopsis

The film examines the world of a young female Internet porn star. It focuses on her relationships with her father, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, her best friend, her porn producer, a potential boyfriend and her quest to understand the mystery behind her mother’s suicide. Told from a female perspective, the new guilt-free, voyeuristic sexuality emerging in the rising generation is explored in the film while the young sex star’s world unravels as she tests her own limits and those of the people around her. Newcomer Juliette Marquis takes the leading role and the remarkable James Woods plays her father suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

About the director

Ash (b. 1964) is a London-born writer, director and producer. He studied experimental psychology in England and art at the Art Center in Pasadena, California. In 1997 he wrote and directed his first feature film, Bang, screened at Karlovy Vary. In 2000 he wrote, directed and produced his second feature, Pups, also screened at the Karlovy Vary festival. This Girl’s Life is his first feature, which he again wrote, directed and produced. He lives in the USA.