The film title Pleasure begs the question, who’s pleasure? Since first-time feature director Ninja Thyberg’s cautionary drama depicts the journey of a newcomer intent on becoming the Los Angeles adult film industry’s top female performer, the pleasure in question self-evidently isn’t hers, but that taken by the hordes of men who’ll watch her being systematically degraded on Pornhub and its ilk.
Sofia Kappel is striking as a young Swedish actor taking her first steps into the adult film industry, where power relations are the same as they ever were