Pleasure (2021)

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Synopsis

Dir: Ninja Thyberg. Based on the short film 'Pleasure' (2013) by Ninja Thyberg. A young Swedish woman (Sofia Kappel) moves to Los Angeles to start working in the porn industry, and has several ups and downs as she becomes known in the industry.

Content elements

• Pervasive use of the sexual expletive and variations, most in a sexual context; frequent use of sexual slurs and scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent use of detailed sexual language
• Infrequent portrayals of coercive and non-consensual sexual violence in the context of sex work - some detail, no nudity
• Pervasive portrayals of sexual activity in the context of the pornographic industry, some in a BDSM context - male genital nudity and unsimulated manipulation, female frontal nudity, breast nudity and manipulation, and buttock nudity - much detail
• Frequent nudity in a non-sexual context - male and female genital nudity, breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking, alcohol use, cannabis use, and illegal substance use in a recreational context - little detail
• Infrequent references to crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

• Sex work
• Sexual agency
• The pornographic industry

Classification rationale

Rated R for sexual content

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