The Awakening of Emanuelle (2021) Movie Script
(dramatic music)
(slow dramatic music)
(slow music)
(breathing heavily)
Wake up.
Wake up.
Wake up.
I can't.
(panting hard)
(loud music)
Uh no, no, the ones
you have on are fine.
Let's go with that.
Okay.
Let's move it, okay.
All right, honey, get up.
Come over this way, there you go.
Right there's fine.
Okay.
All right.
Okay, look alive.
(shutter snapping)
Come on.
Come on, more energy, more energy.
Come on, smile a little bit!
We don't want to look like
you're a bitch all the time.
Come on, come on, a little more.
A little more!
(shutter snapping)
There we go.
Okay.
More, more.
Stick out that hip a little more.
That one right there!
The other one.
Thank you.
(shutter snapping)
Ah, come on!
All right, all right, what's your name?
Lilly.
Okay, Lilly.
If you want to make it in this industry,
you have to show me
that you want it, okay?
I need to feel your very
essence stab me in the heart
right through this lens!
Do you understand?
Yes.
All right then.
You want it?
I do.
Then give it to me!
(shutter snapping)
Come on.
Come on, Lilly, show me!
Show me more!
(shutter snapping)
Move that body!
Come on, come on.
Move it, move it!
Oh, jeez, if you keep up
this lame performance,
you're gonna end up
working at a massage parlor
giving hand jobs!
Okay, let's liven this
up a little bit, okay?
Take that off.
No one wants to see that.
We want to see skin.
Hey, I'm not comfortable
with nudity yet.
They're just tits!
I've actually seen better.
(yelling in Japanese).
Have a nice day too.
Well, well, well.
Look what the cat dragged in.
I see you still have
a way with the ladies.
You've always been funny, Em.
Where's the dressing room?
That way.
Just like that.
(shutter snapping)
Come on, come on, stay
with me, stay with me.
Sexier, I want sexier!
(shutter snapping)
(sighs)
Come on, let's see
some of that old charm.
Look straight at the camera.
(shutter snapping)
No, come on.
Just like what we used to do.
Come on, you remember that
photo shoot we did in Paris?
(shutter snapping)
Lose this.
Sexier.
(shutter snapping)
Come on.
Let's get this.
Come on.
Startin' to sag on me
a little bit, come on.
(shutter snapping)
Less bitchy attitude, okay?
Be nice.
People want nice people
in these magazines.
Come on!
(shutter snapping)
The heck are you doing?
(shutter snapping)
I mean you used to be someone.
You used to be everything.
To me, to your fans!
I remember when we first met,
those first years, you
had so much fire, Em.
Well, what happened?
It's like you're drowning in a flood.
A flood of water and
you can't even sidestep
out of the stream.
Look, let's just finish a shoot, okay?
We did!
What do you mean we did?
You want to shoot later?
We shoot later but not like this!
This can be good again!
We have to do better!
Look, I haven't shot in months, okay?
Bullshit!
You're holding back on me!
God, you're hurting me!
You hurt me when you left!
Now you crawl back?
Crawl?
You called me!
No place to go and now, this comeback?
Go do your makeup.
Bitch!
(droning music)
(sighs)
(scratchy rock music)
(door closing)
Fred?
(sighs)
(scratching noise)
Fred?
Fred?
For as long as I could
recall, we weren't happy.
At first, there could have been
joy but it's easy to forget.
To get lost in what memory conceals.
I've always felt protected by memory.
By what it hides.
What are you looking at?
I don't know.
Ever lost?
You're trapped.
No.
I was just thinking about the shoot.
No, you weren't.
You're messing with my camera.
I didn't say you could touch it.
It's just a camera.
(laughs) You're always such a good liar.
You stayed with me, we
would've been a powerful couple
but you left!
I've been back.
What do you want from me?
I still love you!
I knew you'd be back.
You just want to watch me grovel.
Look, I...
I just want to be beautiful again.
Have you been crying?
This place.
(sighs) It's making me sick.
(scoffs) We're losing light.
But my eyes are
No time, Em.
Shoot!
Right.
(slow music)
(shutter snapping)
Go deeper, Em.
You're holding out on me!
Why don't you love me anymore?
Stick to the direction.
(shutter snapping)
Because you need me, isn't it?
(sighs) Don't, Fred.
(laughs) You used to
think no place to stay.
No job, no money.
You come here.
Now this.
(shutter snapping)
What happened in Vegas, Em?
Look, that's none of your business.
It is my damn business!
You're my business!
Smile for the camera, dearest!
You are so fake.
(shutter snapping)
You know?
You're really good at stealing from those,
stealing those opportunities
from those of us
who work really hard to
make our dreams come true.
Stop, Fred.
(shutter snapping)
You wear it on your sleeve.
Those bags under your eyes?
They are worse.
Then make me look good.
(shutter snapping)
You've gone cold.
No, I haven't.
Don't you love being shot like this?
(shutter snapping)
The queen.
The queen of shit!
(shutter snapping)
Yeah.
Where ya gonna go without me, huh?
There isn't an agent in town
that would want to touch you.
Look, you're too close.
Yeah?
You'll never be free.
I'll prove you wrong.
(laughs) You should've
never have left me.
That was your first mistake! (Laughs)
Get off me!
(shutter snapping)
Look, I can't do this.
You dream too much, always!
Oh my god, get off me!
I said get off me!
(laughs)
What, you want to hit me, is that it?
(laughs) You don't deserve me, my dear.
My love, all I give and give and give.
Look, you've got your shots, okay?
And you'll get your cut!
I should have never come back here!
(laughs) You're too damned funny, Em.
So funny!
(slow soul music)
'Cause I'll be back slidin'
I need a little guardian for my soul
Only heaven knows
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
That's gonna help me stand
It's gonna help me stand
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
It's gonna help me stand
It's gonna help me stand
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
It's gonna help me stand
It's gonna help me stand
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
It's gonna help me stand
(atmospheric music)
Pulled into the bright beyond.
My taste to the pink oblivion.
The heart wrapped cold
around what we hide.
And what do I hide from?
And why do I run from myself?
From desire?
There was a time I could
claw waves to stone.
Turn bone to organs.
And be in love with
the light of the world.
Now, there are only trees
wilted in the city of memory.
Memory of who I used to be.
Or how time has bent me
into a virtual shutter
clicking on and on and on.
Until night drops.
(droning noise)
Where are you going?
[Emanuelle] Upstairs.
I want to be alone.
(upbeat funk music)
Oh baby
Come on now
Got your love
Got a feelin'
Grab your bub
(wine pouring)
Got the fever
I can't stop thinkin'
'bout your every day
I'm gonna prove to you, girl
I ain't messin' 'round
With your heart
You'll be my one love
One love, baby
We're together
United, baby
Under one roof
In the house
The house is ours
Girl, I need your
medication for my soul
Give it to me, girl
It'll me be all right
If you say it's okay
Give it day or night
Give it to me, girl
It'll be all right
If you say it's okay
There's a tremendous force inside you.
(wine pouring)
But you're keeping it locked.
Am I?
I don't have the key.
You haven't sent me any
photos from the shoot.
I will but we have to retake them.
Look, you know I don't like to wait.
Glad you joined me.
I've waited for you.
Pinot noir.
(sighs) Our old flame
unleashed with new fury.
(sighs) How we've drifted.
Like fog in the sunlight.
Well, love changes.
Hearts are severed.
You were such a son
of a bitch, you know?
And yet?
I loved you.
I really did.
In this world, there
are rats everywhere.
You need me.
I can help you be big again.
The way it used to be.
I don't really know
what's going on inside me
but I'm learning how to grow wings.
Look at me.
I want to touch your soul.
Now, in this light, you look gorgeous.
Where'd you get this dress?
A client.
Street trash.
You can stay here and we can dream better.
This won't last.
But it's good for now.
We can make it good again.
Can hit the ground runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Gonna git the ground runnin'
Running'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Well, you're beggin' me to stay
But I'm goin' my own way
And the skies ain't
lookin' cloudy or gray
I will even roll the dice
So that you can't play me twice
No, babe
Who do you think I am?
Well, I'm gonna take my own road
Maybe he was right.
Maybe I wouldn't be anything without him.
But he was lost in his lust to control.
They say that in dreams,
we're able to explore
the primal depths of our very existence.
That sometimes people come to us.
That sometimes we receive messages.
Sometimes we can solve our
problems and when we wake up
in the morning, the
problem has disappeared.
Solved.
As if it never even
existed in the first place.
(atmospheric music)
I like that.
That disappearing.
I'm drawn to it.
It's my ideal dream.
Gotta hit the ground runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Well, I know you say you're sorry
And that you'll do right
But, babe, who do you take me for?
In that moment, I knew what I had to do.
So I walked off into the darkness.
I'm headin' for the door
Alone.
Blissfully and beautifully alone.
Gonna hit the ground runnin'
Baby, I'm runnin'
Baby, I'm runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin', runnin',
runnin', runnin' 'round
Runnin'
Runnin'
Baby.
What'd you come back for round two?
Runnin'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Gonna hit the ground runnin'
Oh, runnin', baby, baby,
runnin', runnin' 'round
Runnin' just as fast as
I'm runnin' just as fast as I can
(droning music)
(phone vibrating)
Hello?
[Billie] Em, it's Billie.
Oh, Billie, baby.
(sighs) I overslept.
I was dreaming about water.
[Billie] Drank too much last night?
No.
Shit, I'm so sorry.
[Billie] It's okay, I got
a lift to a cute coffee shop
near the hotel and I met a guy.
(laughs) You don't
waste any time do you?
[Billie] You should meet
him, his name's Victor.
I can't keep up.
(knocking on door)
[Billie] What's that?
Damn!
I totally spaced.
I set up a photography appointment.
[Billie] He's good?
Yeah, he's good.
He's just different.
I met him on the internet, you know?
I like his work.
(knocking on door)
Well, I gotta go, okay?
Rain check?
[Billie] Promise?
Yeah, promise.
I love you.
[Billie] You're the best, Em.
Bye.
(knocking on door)
(sighs) Coming!
(knocking on door)
And it wasn't long after
that, that I met Newman.
Hey, Newman, right?
The newest. (Laughs)
Oh, thanks.
Yeah, sorry, I waited
for your call but I...
Ah, sorry.
(drowned out).
I went out last night and I've
been in this hotel forever.
Oh.
Do you mind if I jump in the shower?
Oh, yeah, of course not.
Awesome.
Yeah.
Oh, I brought my portfolio.
You said you wanted to take a look at it?
Yeah, yeah.
No, that's great.
I'll be ready in a minute.
Oh, hey.
- Yeah?
Would you mind heating up some water?
I'm gonna need some coffee.
Oh, uh, sure thing.
Thanks!
(atmospheric music)
(water running)
(water running)
Newman's ad said he was
looking to shoot models
and he paid well.
I saw his site and I liked his style.
There was something sharp to
the way his models looked.
And he was nice, at first.
We are in the business
of cultivating envy.
(laughs) I'll make you blossom.
Make love come to life.
So uh, where'd you shoot with Terry?
Terry Crane?
Brooklyn.
We shot some fetish work.
You should've shot in LA more.
I know some fashion
designers who pay pretty well
and you could always make
some influencer money.
Pays pretty well.
Hm.
Did you want to see more of my work?
No.
Oh.
Hey, how's my makeup?
Turn to me.
Um, should we settle up first?
(laughs) A cash injection.
We all need it.
It's my gig, baby.
I can respect that.
Thanks.
So you from here?
Hm, I'm from all over.
You know, I want to do
something different.
Different?
Special.
Hmm.
What are you doing?
It's like I'm staring into
the face of Nuit herself.
She's Egyptian.
Somethin' like that. (Laughs)
Wow!
You're burning.
Am I?
Absolutely.
Like an angel.
Timeless and pure.
You know, I wanted to start
shooting in a different way.
I didn't think this was video shoot.
Well, I paid you didn't I?
Yeah, but
I gave you more than we
agreed on, did you check?
Yeah, but I didn't agree to this.
Look, I like to keep a record, okay?
It's just a few questions.
This isn't gonna end up on the internet
or anything, right?
I just wanted glamor, fashion.
Let me capture your perfection.
Please.
Only talking?
Absolutely.
Three questions.
Okay.
All right.
Why do you like to model?
Into the camera.
Well, I model to feel
the world on my skin.
To come alive.
Hm, take me to your first shoot.
Paint me a picture.
What was it like?
Like electricity.
Pulsating droplets all over my body.
Hmm.
I like that.
It's sensual.
What turns you on, Em?
Silence.
What do you look like
under those clothes?
You've got your three questions.
(laughs) Call me greedy.
Okay.
Let us go to the altar of love.
(shutter snapping)
(upbeat rock music)
Oh my God.
Yeah!
Nice.
Nice.
(shutter snapping)
Wow!
Yeah, nice!
(shutter snapping)
Well, Miss Lindy
My Miss Lindy
Yeah I love that little girl
With the bright red hair
Have you ever seen Miss Lindy?
She likes to dance all day
And when she does the rock and roll
It takes your breath away
Yeah!
(shutter snapping)
Nice!
Nice.
Nice.
Can I touch you?
(sighs) Look.
You're a really nice guy
and all but if I say yes,
your fantasy's just gonna
dissolve like smoke.
Besides, I've given myself to you.
Your camera?
I'm somewhere in there.
Can I shoot you again?
Hmm, I think you've got
what you've come here for.
What's that?
To coat your lens in beauty.
Now, pack up, I've got things to do.
Well, I love that little girl
With the bright red hair
Have you ever seen Miss Lindy?
She likes to dance all day
And when she does the rock and roll
(atmospheric droning)
Did you hear that?
No, I didn't hear anything.
Silence.
If you listen, it's there.
Hey, um, send me the
shots from today, okay?
Your wish will come true.
(upbeat music)
It's gonna be all right
How can you tell?
I feel it in my heart
It's gonna be okay
The sun is shining bright
Onto another day
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
If at first you don't succeed
You better try, try again
(slow acoustic music)
(sighs)
Billie?
Well, I'm sitting here at
the bar, it's after 7:00
and you're not here so I
guess you got swept off
your feet, yet again.
Also there's no sign of Mr. Victor yet.
But don't worry, I'll
keep an eye out for him.
I've got my drinks to keep
me company for now. (Sighs)
(eerie music)
Stop hiding.
I'm not hiding.
Then you're asleep.
Or is it all a dream?
(sniffles)
She said you'd be here.
You're in the glamor business, yes?
Have we met?
Perhaps.
Under a different sky.
Refresh my memory.
I've seen pictures.
You were at the diner.
Joe's in Riverside.
Or was it Ben's in the valley?
I'm Victor Talinger.
You know Billie.
Billie?
Billison Reeves?
The model, brunette.
Oh!
Yes, I do.
And you.
Emanuelle.
Now, the picture's complete.
Nearly.
She was supposed to be here.
Well, that's a pity.
Are you still thirsty?
Hmm.
(sighs) No.
The shadows in this place.
I'm a little foggy.
I don't think a drink to clear
my head is the way to go.
You've come to town to make money.
Yeah, to make my
fantasy meld with reality.
What are you running from?
I've always been wild.
Always running from something.
Spoken like a true artist.
You and Billie.
(laughs) She's a fine girl.
She's talented.
But you, you have something.
A depth that I just can't place.
A battlefield?
You haven't seen the scars.
Scars differentiate a person.
Make a woman more beautiful.
Look, let me show you something.
I don't see anything.
Look harder.
You have to know what you're looking at.
A scar?
One of my clients wasn't too
thrilled by me dropping them.
So she attacked me with
a pair of scissors.
You've got to be more careful.
That's what I keep telling myself.
Over and over in my mind.
You deserved it.
I was a bastard.
A real bastard. (Laughs)
We all can be.
Let me see some photos of you.
Do you have any on your phone?
Um...
I'm actually in the process of rebuilding
all my social media pages.
But I do have some on my
computer but it's in the car.
I see.
Do you want to?
Yes, I would.
If you don't mind.
I don't mind.
I want to become a part of his ideal.
To become meaningful.
I want to wake up and he
turns to me and he's holding
the most beautiful necklace.
Then he slips it around
my neck and kisses me
on the hand.
I can introduce you to a powerful man.
But I don't know if you're ready for him.
I'm ready.
To shed this skin.
Grow.
You have the softest
glow I've ever seen.
And what does it say?
That you've been born many times.
And died.
No.
Risen.
Risen.
I like that.
Do you dance?
Yes.
I like old songs.
I like that nervous look on your face
When you're starting to think
That you're talkin' too much
I like how we just met
And we're not even slightly afraid
To be openin' up
I like that we can sit
And your hands movin' around the clock
And I still can't get enough
No, I can't get enough
You look in my eyes
And I already hope this lasts
Tryin' hard not to jump
Not to move too fast
[Victor] I think you're finally ready.
[Emanuelle] Ready for what?
Sitting here talkin'
Kissing your lips and I'm comin' alive
[Victor] To meet Breston.
He'll take you where you need to go.
But be careful.
[Emanuelle] Why?
I like the way you're holdin' me close
[Victor] You might not
recognize yourself when you awake.
I like the way it feels to have you
[Emanuelle] I'm ready for that.
I'm ready to wake up.
Yeah, if the world ended today
And I was sat right here by your side
That'd be all right
Yeah, that'd be all right
You look in my eyes
And I already hope this lasts
Tryin' hard not to jump
Not to move too fast
But we could go open
We could be in love by
the end of the night
Sittin' hear talkin'
Kissin' your lips and
I'm comin' to life
We could start fightin'
Make a list of ways that
the time just isn't right
We could go open
Yeah, we could be in love
by the end of the night
The night descending.
Chaos of sleep and those dreams.
And the screen of what lies before us.
Of the visible and the invisible.
Of passion realized and the
flickering of the tongue.
Of wanting to become
the heart of a diamond.
The shimmering vanish.
If I only could just sink into oblivion.
Rising like the hum of traffic.
Or the crisp smoke of
the censor as it burns
the temple to the ground.
We are only ash.
We are only the night in love with itself.
With it's own annoying passion.
To become torn from our own attachments.
And to believe that the seeing and seer
are nothing separate.
This dream of this life I cling.
And yet I suffer.
And yet, I know that to be
released from the churning
is to come to the
realization that I am she
who holds her own destiny.
And if I release.
If I let go.
Of the self.
I can become and I can be.
And I will.
I will awaken.
We could go open
Yeah, we could be in love
by the end of the night
By the end of the night
It wasn't really
noticeable in the morning.
I woke up like any normal day.
I had my coffee, checked
the news, worked out,
showered.
I think I was maybe 29?
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, all
those beautiful years
are just kind of a blur, you know?
What are you, 35?
Enjoy it, my dear.
Relish these times.
This is your time.
I looked in the mirror
that day and I saw it.
A tiny little crease by
my left eye, the corner.
First I thought maybe I
just didn't get enough sleep
or maybe I slept wrong, slept
on my face or something.
Then I attributed it to
the lifestyle itself.
The draining, stressful
days in front of the camera,
the lights.
The photographer always in
your face, sitting in that
makeup chair.
Still, I know I was
fortunate and I wondered
how I could have almost
died by committing a social
and physical suicide because of what?
Someone might see a crease
in the middle of my forehead?
Some man may see a wrinkle on my face?
And judge me while he's
sitting on his wife's couch
in his wife's living room?
Then I saw another one.
Another line on the other side of my face
by the other eye. (Sighs)
Remember that and take this all with you.
(slow music)
I'm so sorry about the
other night. (Laughs)
Don't be.
We got along well.
Billie tells me you like poetry.
I write.
(scoffs) She's the best.
I don't know about all that.
So how'd the two of you meet?
(sighs) Years ago I did a
seminar where I was teaching
modeling and Billie was my student.
[Billie] Yeah, and we
kept in touch after that.
Yeah, she really went above and beyond.
Oh, how so?
I mean you've seen her.
She's radiant.
Oh, stop. (Laughs)
You taught her well.
I miss teaching.
And thanks to you,
Billie, I've met Victor.
So what'd you guys do the other night?
(clears throat) Uh, just
enjoyed each other's company.
Oh yeah, I showed Victor
some of my older work.
Oh.
Your mentor is gonna be big.
(laughs) Well, I'll
drink deep to that one.
Billie, what's wrong?
Hm?
What's wrong?
Oh, (laughs) nothing.
I'm fine. (Laughs)
(clears throat) Well, how about this?
We toast to Billie, the most
beautiful, radiant model.
I have ever personally encountered.
And if I'm gonna be
big, she is going to be
the moon that lights
my path along the way.
Cheers to that.
(glasses clinking)
(knocking on door)
(sighs) What do you want?
[Newman] Just let me in.
Look, it's late.
[Newman] I know, just let me in.
Please.
(sighs)
Hey.
Aren't you gonna invite me in?
What do you want?
I want to give you something.
Look, I know how late it is, okay?
I'm not crazy just please, can I come in?
(sighs) Well?
I have your photos right here.
(atmospheric music)
And that couldn't wait?
I thought you might want 'em.
(sighs)
(gasps)
I'm sorry, Em, please.
I'm sorry, look, I'm so lonely.
And after our shoot, I couldn't
stop thinking about you
and how perfect you are.
And I look and I look and no
one is right but you are right.
You're everything, you're perfect.
And I want to be with you, Em, please!
You're the one!
Get on your knees.
What?
You heard me.
Get on your knees.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
I just want to spend time with you.
That's all I want.
I want to be around you.
Can we shoot again?
Go!
Go!
Okay.
And don't you come
around here again at night.
It makes me uncomfortable.
(cries)
When I was young, I would ride horses.
The most beautiful horses
in the whole world.
The grass was cool on my feet
and the feeling of riding
as dusk bleeds into the night.
That feeling of being carried by the horse
and just letting yourself
be overtaken by its speed.
In that moment, there's
nothing but forest.
Nothing but air.
Nothing but the darkest
light you've ever seen.
(upbeat hip hop music)
(shutter clicking)
Yes, great.
Put both hands on the wall for me.
Beautiful smile.
Beautiful.
Okay, ladies, that was great.
Really.
Thanks.
One more to go!
Yeah.
You did really good, have
you been doing this a while?
Oh you know, off and on for a while now.
What about you?
Just a few months.
- Hmm.
- Perfect.
Okay, lovely.
That was awesome.
You've got one more
fetish client for today.
So I'm gonna need you to put these on.
(laughs) All right.
Let's go get changed. (Laughs)
Okay.
That should do it.
Oh my gosh.
Wow!
It's beautiful.
Thank you.
I always wondered if it
would hinder my career
but seems more and more
people are into that
alternative look these days.
I used to wonder the same thing.
But honestly, with
Photoshop and body makeup
and filters, nobody looks like themselves
on the internet or in print.
You're right about that.
Here we go.
Hmm.
Has it always been this weird?
Fashion?
I mean high fashion, totally.
I feel like over the last couple of months
there's been more and more out there type
fetish shoots happening.
Well, at least we're
gettin' paid. (Laughs)
(laughs) I mean some shoots
are definitely more about
the paycheck.
It is nice to be inspired though.
I still haven't found the one.
The one?
Yeah, I mean there must
be somebody out there
that sees me for more than
just a body or a product.
I just want to be truly captured.
For my soul to reflect through that lens.
My essence.
There's so much surface level
shit out there these days,
you know?
What happened?
I don't know.
The world just got a lot darker.
Girl, you look like
you could use some fun.
Let's go out for a drink.
(laughs) You're probably right.
But first, we fetish! (Laughs)
(scissors clattering)
Whoa!
Girl, you could take off a toe with those!
(fast electronic music)
Shit, um, yeah, you're right.
We'd better go.
(shutter snapping)
And then he wanted me
to pour nacho cheese sauce
all over my naked body. (Laughs)
(laughs) Oh my God.
I got out of there so quick.
Oh my God, I almost quit
modeling all together that day.
Almost.
I mean, there's no shortage
of weird personalities
in this industry, that's for sure.
What about you though?
My family wasn't too happy
with the choices I made.
They wanted me to become a nurse.
Gosh, I hate blood.
Yeah, my parents, I
guess, didn't really care
either way.
I send 'em money every once and a while.
My mom really wants me to get married.
I don't know, I think as
long as I'm happy and healthy
and not getting arrested,
they don't give me much grief. (Laughs)
(laughs) That's good.
My family's beyond nosy.
Hey, can I get you another one?
- Yeah.
- I'll get this next round.
Thank you.
(dramatic music)
(ringing sounds)
Em?
Em?
(exhales loudly)
Newman?
(exhales loudly)
(knocking on door)
You called?
You came.
(atmospheric music)
(sighs) That was incredible. (Laughs)
I'm so glad that we're together.
I think you should leave.
What?
I just don't think this is gonna work.
Why?
I think you should go.
(knocking on door)
Breston's ready for you.
(clears throat) (exhales)
You know people think
that beauty somehow
shines from the inside.
They're wrong.
It's so much more than
what you think it is.
I mean for them, it's sun draped leaves.
It's dew sparkling on the grass.
It's a dream with eyes
stretched wide open.
But for you, a dream
with eyes stretched open
is youth, perfection.
It's to touch the untouchable.
You need to go beyond
whoever you think you are
to something more.
You hear me?
No, you have to be able to
take whatever's on the inside
and push it just above the surface.
'Cause it burns.
Some dissolve underneath the pressure.
But what are you gonna do when those lines
start tracing their
paths around your eyes?
Your cheeks.
Your lips.
You know what you do?
You prepare yourself for that.
You have to transcend the physical.
The beauty.
That this time itself has to be raw, pure.
Unbridled, untouched.
That's what you have to be.
You have to make your
beauty like a current.
I want you to ride it all the way.
To lie so close to the eyes of the world
that your heat will spark a passion
that they will chase until they die.
Are you ready for that?
(slow piano music)
Yes.
I can do it.
All right, Victor you can go.
Oh, I wouldn't mind.
I said you can go.
You've got this.
Relax.
You're holdin' on too tight.
I'm not holding onto anything.
(atmospheric music)
What's your name?
(shutter snapping)
Emanuelle.
(laughs) Emanuelle?
It's like an ancient name.
(upbeat electronic music)
(shutter snapping)
Breathe.
Give me that face, come on!
(shutter snapping)
(laughs)
You're not gonna break?
Pick it up.
(shutter snapping)
Come on. (Laughs)
(laughs)
Give it to me.
(shutter snapping)
Give it to me, come on.
Keep goin'!
Pick it up!
(shutter snapping)
I got it, I got it, come on, go!
(shutter snapping)
(gasping)
(shutter snapping)
Emanuelle.
You okay?
You here?
Yeah.
You okay?
I'm here.
Where'd you go?
I woke up.
(upbeat funk music)
And I know that you am
Comin' back
Since you've gone
I'm losin' my mind
Ain't nobody but you, babe
Now you've gone
There ain't nobody but you, babe
Now I'm alone
Don't play with my heart
(screams)
(punching sound)
(gasping) No!
(screams)
(punching sound)
(gasping)
(screams)
(breathing heavily)
I can't!
(breathing heavily)
(gasping)
(eerie atmospheric music)
(loud funk music)
(dramatic music)
(slow dramatic music)
(slow music)
(breathing heavily)
Wake up.
Wake up.
Wake up.
I can't.
(panting hard)
(loud music)
Uh no, no, the ones
you have on are fine.
Let's go with that.
Okay.
Let's move it, okay.
All right, honey, get up.
Come over this way, there you go.
Right there's fine.
Okay.
All right.
Okay, look alive.
(shutter snapping)
Come on.
Come on, more energy, more energy.
Come on, smile a little bit!
We don't want to look like
you're a bitch all the time.
Come on, come on, a little more.
A little more!
(shutter snapping)
There we go.
Okay.
More, more.
Stick out that hip a little more.
That one right there!
The other one.
Thank you.
(shutter snapping)
Ah, come on!
All right, all right, what's your name?
Lilly.
Okay, Lilly.
If you want to make it in this industry,
you have to show me
that you want it, okay?
I need to feel your very
essence stab me in the heart
right through this lens!
Do you understand?
Yes.
All right then.
You want it?
I do.
Then give it to me!
(shutter snapping)
Come on.
Come on, Lilly, show me!
Show me more!
(shutter snapping)
Move that body!
Come on, come on.
Move it, move it!
Oh, jeez, if you keep up
this lame performance,
you're gonna end up
working at a massage parlor
giving hand jobs!
Okay, let's liven this
up a little bit, okay?
Take that off.
No one wants to see that.
We want to see skin.
Hey, I'm not comfortable
with nudity yet.
They're just tits!
I've actually seen better.
(yelling in Japanese).
Have a nice day too.
Well, well, well.
Look what the cat dragged in.
I see you still have
a way with the ladies.
You've always been funny, Em.
Where's the dressing room?
That way.
Just like that.
(shutter snapping)
Come on, come on, stay
with me, stay with me.
Sexier, I want sexier!
(shutter snapping)
(sighs)
Come on, let's see
some of that old charm.
Look straight at the camera.
(shutter snapping)
No, come on.
Just like what we used to do.
Come on, you remember that
photo shoot we did in Paris?
(shutter snapping)
Lose this.
Sexier.
(shutter snapping)
Come on.
Let's get this.
Come on.
Startin' to sag on me
a little bit, come on.
(shutter snapping)
Less bitchy attitude, okay?
Be nice.
People want nice people
in these magazines.
Come on!
(shutter snapping)
The heck are you doing?
(shutter snapping)
I mean you used to be someone.
You used to be everything.
To me, to your fans!
I remember when we first met,
those first years, you
had so much fire, Em.
Well, what happened?
It's like you're drowning in a flood.
A flood of water and
you can't even sidestep
out of the stream.
Look, let's just finish a shoot, okay?
We did!
What do you mean we did?
You want to shoot later?
We shoot later but not like this!
This can be good again!
We have to do better!
Look, I haven't shot in months, okay?
Bullshit!
You're holding back on me!
God, you're hurting me!
You hurt me when you left!
Now you crawl back?
Crawl?
You called me!
No place to go and now, this comeback?
Go do your makeup.
Bitch!
(droning music)
(sighs)
(scratchy rock music)
(door closing)
Fred?
(sighs)
(scratching noise)
Fred?
Fred?
For as long as I could
recall, we weren't happy.
At first, there could have been
joy but it's easy to forget.
To get lost in what memory conceals.
I've always felt protected by memory.
By what it hides.
What are you looking at?
I don't know.
Ever lost?
You're trapped.
No.
I was just thinking about the shoot.
No, you weren't.
You're messing with my camera.
I didn't say you could touch it.
It's just a camera.
(laughs) You're always such a good liar.
You stayed with me, we
would've been a powerful couple
but you left!
I've been back.
What do you want from me?
I still love you!
I knew you'd be back.
You just want to watch me grovel.
Look, I...
I just want to be beautiful again.
Have you been crying?
This place.
(sighs) It's making me sick.
(scoffs) We're losing light.
But my eyes are
No time, Em.
Shoot!
Right.
(slow music)
(shutter snapping)
Go deeper, Em.
You're holding out on me!
Why don't you love me anymore?
Stick to the direction.
(shutter snapping)
Because you need me, isn't it?
(sighs) Don't, Fred.
(laughs) You used to
think no place to stay.
No job, no money.
You come here.
Now this.
(shutter snapping)
What happened in Vegas, Em?
Look, that's none of your business.
It is my damn business!
You're my business!
Smile for the camera, dearest!
You are so fake.
(shutter snapping)
You know?
You're really good at stealing from those,
stealing those opportunities
from those of us
who work really hard to
make our dreams come true.
Stop, Fred.
(shutter snapping)
You wear it on your sleeve.
Those bags under your eyes?
They are worse.
Then make me look good.
(shutter snapping)
You've gone cold.
No, I haven't.
Don't you love being shot like this?
(shutter snapping)
The queen.
The queen of shit!
(shutter snapping)
Yeah.
Where ya gonna go without me, huh?
There isn't an agent in town
that would want to touch you.
Look, you're too close.
Yeah?
You'll never be free.
I'll prove you wrong.
(laughs) You should've
never have left me.
That was your first mistake! (Laughs)
Get off me!
(shutter snapping)
Look, I can't do this.
You dream too much, always!
Oh my god, get off me!
I said get off me!
(laughs)
What, you want to hit me, is that it?
(laughs) You don't deserve me, my dear.
My love, all I give and give and give.
Look, you've got your shots, okay?
And you'll get your cut!
I should have never come back here!
(laughs) You're too damned funny, Em.
So funny!
(slow soul music)
'Cause I'll be back slidin'
I need a little guardian for my soul
Only heaven knows
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
That's gonna help me stand
It's gonna help me stand
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
It's gonna help me stand
It's gonna help me stand
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
It's gonna help me stand
It's gonna help me stand
'Cause I just need
Oh, a helping hand
It's gonna help me stand
(atmospheric music)
Pulled into the bright beyond.
My taste to the pink oblivion.
The heart wrapped cold
around what we hide.
And what do I hide from?
And why do I run from myself?
From desire?
There was a time I could
claw waves to stone.
Turn bone to organs.
And be in love with
the light of the world.
Now, there are only trees
wilted in the city of memory.
Memory of who I used to be.
Or how time has bent me
into a virtual shutter
clicking on and on and on.
Until night drops.
(droning noise)
Where are you going?
[Emanuelle] Upstairs.
I want to be alone.
(upbeat funk music)
Oh baby
Come on now
Got your love
Got a feelin'
Grab your bub
(wine pouring)
Got the fever
I can't stop thinkin'
'bout your every day
I'm gonna prove to you, girl
I ain't messin' 'round
With your heart
You'll be my one love
One love, baby
We're together
United, baby
Under one roof
In the house
The house is ours
Girl, I need your
medication for my soul
Give it to me, girl
It'll me be all right
If you say it's okay
Give it day or night
Give it to me, girl
It'll be all right
If you say it's okay
There's a tremendous force inside you.
(wine pouring)
But you're keeping it locked.
Am I?
I don't have the key.
You haven't sent me any
photos from the shoot.
I will but we have to retake them.
Look, you know I don't like to wait.
Glad you joined me.
I've waited for you.
Pinot noir.
(sighs) Our old flame
unleashed with new fury.
(sighs) How we've drifted.
Like fog in the sunlight.
Well, love changes.
Hearts are severed.
You were such a son
of a bitch, you know?
And yet?
I loved you.
I really did.
In this world, there
are rats everywhere.
You need me.
I can help you be big again.
The way it used to be.
I don't really know
what's going on inside me
but I'm learning how to grow wings.
Look at me.
I want to touch your soul.
Now, in this light, you look gorgeous.
Where'd you get this dress?
A client.
Street trash.
You can stay here and we can dream better.
This won't last.
But it's good for now.
We can make it good again.
Can hit the ground runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Gonna git the ground runnin'
Running'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Well, you're beggin' me to stay
But I'm goin' my own way
And the skies ain't
lookin' cloudy or gray
I will even roll the dice
So that you can't play me twice
No, babe
Who do you think I am?
Well, I'm gonna take my own road
Maybe he was right.
Maybe I wouldn't be anything without him.
But he was lost in his lust to control.
They say that in dreams,
we're able to explore
the primal depths of our very existence.
That sometimes people come to us.
That sometimes we receive messages.
Sometimes we can solve our
problems and when we wake up
in the morning, the
problem has disappeared.
Solved.
As if it never even
existed in the first place.
(atmospheric music)
I like that.
That disappearing.
I'm drawn to it.
It's my ideal dream.
Gotta hit the ground runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Well, I know you say you're sorry
And that you'll do right
But, babe, who do you take me for?
In that moment, I knew what I had to do.
So I walked off into the darkness.
I'm headin' for the door
Alone.
Blissfully and beautifully alone.
Gonna hit the ground runnin'
Baby, I'm runnin'
Baby, I'm runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin', runnin',
runnin', runnin' 'round
Runnin'
Runnin'
Baby.
What'd you come back for round two?
Runnin'
Runnin' just as fast as I can
Gonna hit the ground runnin'
Oh, runnin', baby, baby,
runnin', runnin' 'round
Runnin' just as fast as
I'm runnin' just as fast as I can
(droning music)
(phone vibrating)
Hello?
[Billie] Em, it's Billie.
Oh, Billie, baby.
(sighs) I overslept.
I was dreaming about water.
[Billie] Drank too much last night?
No.
Shit, I'm so sorry.
[Billie] It's okay, I got
a lift to a cute coffee shop
near the hotel and I met a guy.
(laughs) You don't
waste any time do you?
[Billie] You should meet
him, his name's Victor.
I can't keep up.
(knocking on door)
[Billie] What's that?
Damn!
I totally spaced.
I set up a photography appointment.
[Billie] He's good?
Yeah, he's good.
He's just different.
I met him on the internet, you know?
I like his work.
(knocking on door)
Well, I gotta go, okay?
Rain check?
[Billie] Promise?
Yeah, promise.
I love you.
[Billie] You're the best, Em.
Bye.
(knocking on door)
(sighs) Coming!
(knocking on door)
And it wasn't long after
that, that I met Newman.
Hey, Newman, right?
The newest. (Laughs)
Oh, thanks.
Yeah, sorry, I waited
for your call but I...
Ah, sorry.
(drowned out).
I went out last night and I've
been in this hotel forever.
Oh.
Do you mind if I jump in the shower?
Oh, yeah, of course not.
Awesome.
Yeah.
Oh, I brought my portfolio.
You said you wanted to take a look at it?
Yeah, yeah.
No, that's great.
I'll be ready in a minute.
Oh, hey.
- Yeah?
Would you mind heating up some water?
I'm gonna need some coffee.
Oh, uh, sure thing.
Thanks!
(atmospheric music)
(water running)
(water running)
Newman's ad said he was
looking to shoot models
and he paid well.
I saw his site and I liked his style.
There was something sharp to
the way his models looked.
And he was nice, at first.
We are in the business
of cultivating envy.
(laughs) I'll make you blossom.
Make love come to life.
So uh, where'd you shoot with Terry?
Terry Crane?
Brooklyn.
We shot some fetish work.
You should've shot in LA more.
I know some fashion
designers who pay pretty well
and you could always make
some influencer money.
Pays pretty well.
Hm.
Did you want to see more of my work?
No.
Oh.
Hey, how's my makeup?
Turn to me.
Um, should we settle up first?
(laughs) A cash injection.
We all need it.
It's my gig, baby.
I can respect that.
Thanks.
So you from here?
Hm, I'm from all over.
You know, I want to do
something different.
Different?
Special.
Hmm.
What are you doing?
It's like I'm staring into
the face of Nuit herself.
She's Egyptian.
Somethin' like that. (Laughs)
Wow!
You're burning.
Am I?
Absolutely.
Like an angel.
Timeless and pure.
You know, I wanted to start
shooting in a different way.
I didn't think this was video shoot.
Well, I paid you didn't I?
Yeah, but
I gave you more than we
agreed on, did you check?
Yeah, but I didn't agree to this.
Look, I like to keep a record, okay?
It's just a few questions.
This isn't gonna end up on the internet
or anything, right?
I just wanted glamor, fashion.
Let me capture your perfection.
Please.
Only talking?
Absolutely.
Three questions.
Okay.
All right.
Why do you like to model?
Into the camera.
Well, I model to feel
the world on my skin.
To come alive.
Hm, take me to your first shoot.
Paint me a picture.
What was it like?
Like electricity.
Pulsating droplets all over my body.
Hmm.
I like that.
It's sensual.
What turns you on, Em?
Silence.
What do you look like
under those clothes?
You've got your three questions.
(laughs) Call me greedy.
Okay.
Let us go to the altar of love.
(shutter snapping)
(upbeat rock music)
Oh my God.
Yeah!
Nice.
Nice.
(shutter snapping)
Wow!
Yeah, nice!
(shutter snapping)
Well, Miss Lindy
My Miss Lindy
Yeah I love that little girl
With the bright red hair
Have you ever seen Miss Lindy?
She likes to dance all day
And when she does the rock and roll
It takes your breath away
Yeah!
(shutter snapping)
Nice!
Nice.
Nice.
Can I touch you?
(sighs) Look.
You're a really nice guy
and all but if I say yes,
your fantasy's just gonna
dissolve like smoke.
Besides, I've given myself to you.
Your camera?
I'm somewhere in there.
Can I shoot you again?
Hmm, I think you've got
what you've come here for.
What's that?
To coat your lens in beauty.
Now, pack up, I've got things to do.
Well, I love that little girl
With the bright red hair
Have you ever seen Miss Lindy?
She likes to dance all day
And when she does the rock and roll
(atmospheric droning)
Did you hear that?
No, I didn't hear anything.
Silence.
If you listen, it's there.
Hey, um, send me the
shots from today, okay?
Your wish will come true.
(upbeat music)
It's gonna be all right
How can you tell?
I feel it in my heart
It's gonna be okay
The sun is shining bright
Onto another day
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
If at first you don't succeed
You better try, try again
(slow acoustic music)
(sighs)
Billie?
Well, I'm sitting here at
the bar, it's after 7:00
and you're not here so I
guess you got swept off
your feet, yet again.
Also there's no sign of Mr. Victor yet.
But don't worry, I'll
keep an eye out for him.
I've got my drinks to keep
me company for now. (Sighs)
(eerie music)
Stop hiding.
I'm not hiding.
Then you're asleep.
Or is it all a dream?
(sniffles)
She said you'd be here.
You're in the glamor business, yes?
Have we met?
Perhaps.
Under a different sky.
Refresh my memory.
I've seen pictures.
You were at the diner.
Joe's in Riverside.
Or was it Ben's in the valley?
I'm Victor Talinger.
You know Billie.
Billie?
Billison Reeves?
The model, brunette.
Oh!
Yes, I do.
And you.
Emanuelle.
Now, the picture's complete.
Nearly.
She was supposed to be here.
Well, that's a pity.
Are you still thirsty?
Hmm.
(sighs) No.
The shadows in this place.
I'm a little foggy.
I don't think a drink to clear
my head is the way to go.
You've come to town to make money.
Yeah, to make my
fantasy meld with reality.
What are you running from?
I've always been wild.
Always running from something.
Spoken like a true artist.
You and Billie.
(laughs) She's a fine girl.
She's talented.
But you, you have something.
A depth that I just can't place.
A battlefield?
You haven't seen the scars.
Scars differentiate a person.
Make a woman more beautiful.
Look, let me show you something.
I don't see anything.
Look harder.
You have to know what you're looking at.
A scar?
One of my clients wasn't too
thrilled by me dropping them.
So she attacked me with
a pair of scissors.
You've got to be more careful.
That's what I keep telling myself.
Over and over in my mind.
You deserved it.
I was a bastard.
A real bastard. (Laughs)
We all can be.
Let me see some photos of you.
Do you have any on your phone?
Um...
I'm actually in the process of rebuilding
all my social media pages.
But I do have some on my
computer but it's in the car.
I see.
Do you want to?
Yes, I would.
If you don't mind.
I don't mind.
I want to become a part of his ideal.
To become meaningful.
I want to wake up and he
turns to me and he's holding
the most beautiful necklace.
Then he slips it around
my neck and kisses me
on the hand.
I can introduce you to a powerful man.
But I don't know if you're ready for him.
I'm ready.
To shed this skin.
Grow.
You have the softest
glow I've ever seen.
And what does it say?
That you've been born many times.
And died.
No.
Risen.
Risen.
I like that.
Do you dance?
Yes.
I like old songs.
I like that nervous look on your face
When you're starting to think
That you're talkin' too much
I like how we just met
And we're not even slightly afraid
To be openin' up
I like that we can sit
And your hands movin' around the clock
And I still can't get enough
No, I can't get enough
You look in my eyes
And I already hope this lasts
Tryin' hard not to jump
Not to move too fast
[Victor] I think you're finally ready.
[Emanuelle] Ready for what?
Sitting here talkin'
Kissing your lips and I'm comin' alive
[Victor] To meet Breston.
He'll take you where you need to go.
But be careful.
[Emanuelle] Why?
I like the way you're holdin' me close
[Victor] You might not
recognize yourself when you awake.
I like the way it feels to have you
[Emanuelle] I'm ready for that.
I'm ready to wake up.
Yeah, if the world ended today
And I was sat right here by your side
That'd be all right
Yeah, that'd be all right
You look in my eyes
And I already hope this lasts
Tryin' hard not to jump
Not to move too fast
But we could go open
We could be in love by
the end of the night
Sittin' hear talkin'
Kissin' your lips and
I'm comin' to life
We could start fightin'
Make a list of ways that
the time just isn't right
We could go open
Yeah, we could be in love
by the end of the night
The night descending.
Chaos of sleep and those dreams.
And the screen of what lies before us.
Of the visible and the invisible.
Of passion realized and the
flickering of the tongue.
Of wanting to become
the heart of a diamond.
The shimmering vanish.
If I only could just sink into oblivion.
Rising like the hum of traffic.
Or the crisp smoke of
the censor as it burns
the temple to the ground.
We are only ash.
We are only the night in love with itself.
With it's own annoying passion.
To become torn from our own attachments.
And to believe that the seeing and seer
are nothing separate.
This dream of this life I cling.
And yet I suffer.
And yet, I know that to be
released from the churning
is to come to the
realization that I am she
who holds her own destiny.
And if I release.
If I let go.
Of the self.
I can become and I can be.
And I will.
I will awaken.
We could go open
Yeah, we could be in love
by the end of the night
By the end of the night
It wasn't really
noticeable in the morning.
I woke up like any normal day.
I had my coffee, checked
the news, worked out,
showered.
I think I was maybe 29?
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, all
those beautiful years
are just kind of a blur, you know?
What are you, 35?
Enjoy it, my dear.
Relish these times.
This is your time.
I looked in the mirror
that day and I saw it.
A tiny little crease by
my left eye, the corner.
First I thought maybe I
just didn't get enough sleep
or maybe I slept wrong, slept
on my face or something.
Then I attributed it to
the lifestyle itself.
The draining, stressful
days in front of the camera,
the lights.
The photographer always in
your face, sitting in that
makeup chair.
Still, I know I was
fortunate and I wondered
how I could have almost
died by committing a social
and physical suicide because of what?
Someone might see a crease
in the middle of my forehead?
Some man may see a wrinkle on my face?
And judge me while he's
sitting on his wife's couch
in his wife's living room?
Then I saw another one.
Another line on the other side of my face
by the other eye. (Sighs)
Remember that and take this all with you.
(slow music)
I'm so sorry about the
other night. (Laughs)
Don't be.
We got along well.
Billie tells me you like poetry.
I write.
(scoffs) She's the best.
I don't know about all that.
So how'd the two of you meet?
(sighs) Years ago I did a
seminar where I was teaching
modeling and Billie was my student.
[Billie] Yeah, and we
kept in touch after that.
Yeah, she really went above and beyond.
Oh, how so?
I mean you've seen her.
She's radiant.
Oh, stop. (Laughs)
You taught her well.
I miss teaching.
And thanks to you,
Billie, I've met Victor.
So what'd you guys do the other night?
(clears throat) Uh, just
enjoyed each other's company.
Oh yeah, I showed Victor
some of my older work.
Oh.
Your mentor is gonna be big.
(laughs) Well, I'll
drink deep to that one.
Billie, what's wrong?
Hm?
What's wrong?
Oh, (laughs) nothing.
I'm fine. (Laughs)
(clears throat) Well, how about this?
We toast to Billie, the most
beautiful, radiant model.
I have ever personally encountered.
And if I'm gonna be
big, she is going to be
the moon that lights
my path along the way.
Cheers to that.
(glasses clinking)
(knocking on door)
(sighs) What do you want?
[Newman] Just let me in.
Look, it's late.
[Newman] I know, just let me in.
Please.
(sighs)
Hey.
Aren't you gonna invite me in?
What do you want?
I want to give you something.
Look, I know how late it is, okay?
I'm not crazy just please, can I come in?
(sighs) Well?
I have your photos right here.
(atmospheric music)
And that couldn't wait?
I thought you might want 'em.
(sighs)
(gasps)
I'm sorry, Em, please.
I'm sorry, look, I'm so lonely.
And after our shoot, I couldn't
stop thinking about you
and how perfect you are.
And I look and I look and no
one is right but you are right.
You're everything, you're perfect.
And I want to be with you, Em, please!
You're the one!
Get on your knees.
What?
You heard me.
Get on your knees.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
I just want to spend time with you.
That's all I want.
I want to be around you.
Can we shoot again?
Go!
Go!
Okay.
And don't you come
around here again at night.
It makes me uncomfortable.
(cries)
When I was young, I would ride horses.
The most beautiful horses
in the whole world.
The grass was cool on my feet
and the feeling of riding
as dusk bleeds into the night.
That feeling of being carried by the horse
and just letting yourself
be overtaken by its speed.
In that moment, there's
nothing but forest.
Nothing but air.
Nothing but the darkest
light you've ever seen.
(upbeat hip hop music)
(shutter clicking)
Yes, great.
Put both hands on the wall for me.
Beautiful smile.
Beautiful.
Okay, ladies, that was great.
Really.
Thanks.
One more to go!
Yeah.
You did really good, have
you been doing this a while?
Oh you know, off and on for a while now.
What about you?
Just a few months.
- Hmm.
- Perfect.
Okay, lovely.
That was awesome.
You've got one more
fetish client for today.
So I'm gonna need you to put these on.
(laughs) All right.
Let's go get changed. (Laughs)
Okay.
That should do it.
Oh my gosh.
Wow!
It's beautiful.
Thank you.
I always wondered if it
would hinder my career
but seems more and more
people are into that
alternative look these days.
I used to wonder the same thing.
But honestly, with
Photoshop and body makeup
and filters, nobody looks like themselves
on the internet or in print.
You're right about that.
Here we go.
Hmm.
Has it always been this weird?
Fashion?
I mean high fashion, totally.
I feel like over the last couple of months
there's been more and more out there type
fetish shoots happening.
Well, at least we're
gettin' paid. (Laughs)
(laughs) I mean some shoots
are definitely more about
the paycheck.
It is nice to be inspired though.
I still haven't found the one.
The one?
Yeah, I mean there must
be somebody out there
that sees me for more than
just a body or a product.
I just want to be truly captured.
For my soul to reflect through that lens.
My essence.
There's so much surface level
shit out there these days,
you know?
What happened?
I don't know.
The world just got a lot darker.
Girl, you look like
you could use some fun.
Let's go out for a drink.
(laughs) You're probably right.
But first, we fetish! (Laughs)
(scissors clattering)
Whoa!
Girl, you could take off a toe with those!
(fast electronic music)
Shit, um, yeah, you're right.
We'd better go.
(shutter snapping)
And then he wanted me
to pour nacho cheese sauce
all over my naked body. (Laughs)
(laughs) Oh my God.
I got out of there so quick.
Oh my God, I almost quit
modeling all together that day.
Almost.
I mean, there's no shortage
of weird personalities
in this industry, that's for sure.
What about you though?
My family wasn't too happy
with the choices I made.
They wanted me to become a nurse.
Gosh, I hate blood.
Yeah, my parents, I
guess, didn't really care
either way.
I send 'em money every once and a while.
My mom really wants me to get married.
I don't know, I think as
long as I'm happy and healthy
and not getting arrested,
they don't give me much grief. (Laughs)
(laughs) That's good.
My family's beyond nosy.
Hey, can I get you another one?
- Yeah.
- I'll get this next round.
Thank you.
(dramatic music)
(ringing sounds)
Em?
Em?
(exhales loudly)
Newman?
(exhales loudly)
(knocking on door)
You called?
You came.
(atmospheric music)
(sighs) That was incredible. (Laughs)
I'm so glad that we're together.
I think you should leave.
What?
I just don't think this is gonna work.
Why?
I think you should go.
(knocking on door)
Breston's ready for you.
(clears throat) (exhales)
You know people think
that beauty somehow
shines from the inside.
They're wrong.
It's so much more than
what you think it is.
I mean for them, it's sun draped leaves.
It's dew sparkling on the grass.
It's a dream with eyes
stretched wide open.
But for you, a dream
with eyes stretched open
is youth, perfection.
It's to touch the untouchable.
You need to go beyond
whoever you think you are
to something more.
You hear me?
No, you have to be able to
take whatever's on the inside
and push it just above the surface.
'Cause it burns.
Some dissolve underneath the pressure.
But what are you gonna do when those lines
start tracing their
paths around your eyes?
Your cheeks.
Your lips.
You know what you do?
You prepare yourself for that.
You have to transcend the physical.
The beauty.
That this time itself has to be raw, pure.
Unbridled, untouched.
That's what you have to be.
You have to make your
beauty like a current.
I want you to ride it all the way.
To lie so close to the eyes of the world
that your heat will spark a passion
that they will chase until they die.
Are you ready for that?
(slow piano music)
Yes.
I can do it.
All right, Victor you can go.
Oh, I wouldn't mind.
I said you can go.
You've got this.
Relax.
You're holdin' on too tight.
I'm not holding onto anything.
(atmospheric music)
What's your name?
(shutter snapping)
Emanuelle.
(laughs) Emanuelle?
It's like an ancient name.
(upbeat electronic music)
(shutter snapping)
Breathe.
Give me that face, come on!
(shutter snapping)
(laughs)
You're not gonna break?
Pick it up.
(shutter snapping)
Come on. (Laughs)
(laughs)
Give it to me.
(shutter snapping)
Give it to me, come on.
Keep goin'!
Pick it up!
(shutter snapping)
I got it, I got it, come on, go!
(shutter snapping)
(gasping)
(shutter snapping)
Emanuelle.
You okay?
You here?
Yeah.
You okay?
I'm here.
Where'd you go?
I woke up.
(upbeat funk music)
And I know that you am
Comin' back
Since you've gone
I'm losin' my mind
Ain't nobody but you, babe
Now you've gone
There ain't nobody but you, babe
Now I'm alone
Don't play with my heart
(screams)
(punching sound)
(gasping) No!
(screams)
(punching sound)
(gasping)
(screams)
(breathing heavily)
I can't!
(breathing heavily)
(gasping)
(eerie atmospheric music)
(loud funk music)
(dramatic music)