About Cherry

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title: "About Cherry" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2012-films", "2010s-english-language-films", "2012-drama-films", "2012-independent-films", "2012-lgbtq-related-films", "american-drama-films", "american-independent-films", "bisexuality-related-films", "films-about-female-bisexuality", "films-about-pornography", "films-scored-by-jeff-russo", "films-shot-in-san-francisco", "ifc-films-films", "2012-american-films", "english-language-independent-films", "american-lgbtq-related-films", "english-language-drama-films", "lgbtq-related-independent-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Cherry" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	About Cherry
image	Promotional poster for About Cherry.jpg
director	Stephen Elliott
producer
writer
starring
music	Jeff Russo
cinematography	Darren Genet
editing	Michelle Botticelli
distributor	IFC Films
released
runtime	102 minutes
country	United States
language	English
gross	$8,315
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| name = About Cherry | image = Promotional poster for About Cherry.jpg | caption = | director = Stephen Elliott | producer = | writer = | starring = | music = Jeff Russo | cinematography = Darren Genet | editing = Michelle Botticelli | studio = | distributor = IFC Films | released = | runtime = 102 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $8,315 About Cherry is a 2012 American drama film and the directorial debut of Stephen Elliott. It is based on a script written by Elliott and porn industry veteran Lorelei Lee. It stars Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham, and Dev Patel. The project was filmed in San Francisco and premièred at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

Angelina is an 18-year-old girl not far from graduating from high school. Her boyfriend Bobby suggests that she should take naked pictures of herself and sell them. She is initially hesitant, but eventually does the photo shoot and uses the money to run away to San Francisco with her best friend Andrew. At a strip club party in the city, Angelina meets a wealthy lawyer named Francis, who offers to introduce her to a glamorous world of expensive dresses and lavish parties. Angelina also meets Margaret, a former porn star turned adult film director. Margaret offers Angelina, now using the porn name Cherry, direction in her entry into the San Francisco porn industry. Angelina makes several soft pornography films before deciding to do a hardcore film. After Angelina shoots the film, an angry Francis chastises her before getting them in a car accident. Angelina returns home to find Andrew masturbating to one of her films. After an argument, she decides to leave and meets Margaret at a bar. They make out before returning to Margaret's apartment to have sex. The final scene is of Angelina some time afterwards, having moved in with Margaret and become her lover, taking on a new job as a porn director.

Cast

• Ashley Hinshaw as Angelina / Cherry
• James Franco as Francis
• Dev Patel as Andrew
• Heather Graham as Margaret
• Lili Taylor as Phyllis
• Diane Farr as Jillian
• Megan Boone as Jake
• Vincent Palo as Paco
• Jonny Weston as Bobby
• Ernest Waddell as Vaughn
• Sensi Pearl as Vikki
• Maya Raines as Jojo
• Veronica Valencia as Amber

Reception

The film holds 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

References

References

1. "About Cherry". Box Office.Com.
2. "About Cherry (2012) - Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
3. [http://news.avn.com/articles/Adult-Star-Sensi-Pearl-Filming-Mainstream-Drama-Cherry-440579.html Adult Star Sensi Pearl Filming Mainstream Drama 'Cherry'] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-07-27 AVN. 7 July 2011)
4. Bob Minzesheimer. (27 February 2012). "You've got (real) mail: Letters from writers". [[USA Today]].
5. [https://www.slashfilm.com/casting-bits-val-kilmer-ving-rhames-board-seven-below-rodrigo-santoro-joins-what-expect-expecting-jonny-weston-cherry/ Casting Bits: Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames Board 'Seven Below', Rodrigo Santoro Joins 'What to Expect When You’re Expecting', Jonny Weston Gets 'Cherry'] SlashFilm. 6 July 2011
6. [https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/poster-stephen-elliots-about-cherry-starring-james-franco/ New Poster For Stephen Elliott's About Cherry Starring James Franco] Wegothiscovered. 20 July 2012
7. "Cherry (2012)".

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