(Ninja Thyberg, 2021, Sweden/Netherlands, 108 minutes)

A selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Pleasure, from writer/director Ninja Thyberg here making her feature film debut, follows the ascent of Bella Cherry (Sofia Kappel, “astonishing” according to Manohla Dargis of the New York Times), a Swede who comes to America with the hopes of becoming a porn star. This feminist take on the American pornography industry asks many tough questions and is not at all interested in easy answers. From distributor Neon, the studio behind the American release of such international heavy-hitters as Parasite and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Trigger warning: Sexual violence.

Predominantly in English, sometimes in Swedish, with English subtitles as needed.