The great critic Roger Ebert is credited with coining the term "guilty pleasure". This is something you enjoy in spite of the fact that its not a very good movie. Its about a teenage girl's entrance into the world of sex. She does not enjoy every encounter but many viewers will. Maria Valverde was eighteen when the film was released and give a brave performance. There are four scenes which push the envelope. Early in the movie a boy she likes takes her to a secluded spot and instead of kissing her, has her kneel and perform oral sex on him. Then later he picks her up and takes her to his house where he deflowers her and then walks out. Later he brings her back for a romantic encounter only to have a friend show up. At first she storms out but when he calls her a child, she returns and to prove she grown up has sex with each in front of the other. Finally, she is blindfolded and taken to an underground chamber where she is force to kneel and service five boys with oral sex.
I recently got the DVD and discovered that there was a commentary track that had subtitles. I think it was the director and the writer, both men, with virtually no insight into their material. During the first scene instead of talking about building tension or the difficulty that a young actress would have had simulating oral sex in front of grownups, they make fun of the male actor and the pimple on his ass. During other scenes they comment on the way the male actor matured during the film. What! Then in the final sex scene, which they referred to as the "five blowjobs", they talk about how hard it was to get the equipment into a confined space. There was virtually no commentary on Maria Valverde and the challenges she faced filming difficult sex scenes in front of adults.
I would love to read an interview with Valverde now that she is an established actress in her thirties about her thoughts and experiences filming this movie.
I recently got the DVD and discovered that there was a commentary track that had subtitles. I think it was the director and the writer, both men, with virtually no insight into their material. During the first scene instead of talking about building tension or the difficulty that a young actress would have had simulating oral sex in front of grownups, they make fun of the male actor and the pimple on his ass. During other scenes they comment on the way the male actor matured during the film. What! Then in the final sex scene, which they referred to as the "five blowjobs", they talk about how hard it was to get the equipment into a confined space. There was virtually no commentary on Maria Valverde and the challenges she faced filming difficult sex scenes in front of adults.
I would love to read an interview with Valverde now that she is an established actress in her thirties about her thoughts and experiences filming this movie.