Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.
Nine Songs is not about porn but the fact it had so much sex and nudity made it notable for pushing the envelope as it did at the time. The fact the actors cannot get any work since this film came out suggests they are stigmatised as if they did porn movie.
Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and '80s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre.