The Life: What's Your Pleasure? (2004)
"Yo puta" (original title)

An anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession than she ever expected.

Director:

María Lidón

Writers:

Adela Ibañez (screenwriter), Isabel Pisano (screenwriter)

Stars:

Daryl Hannah, Denise Richards, Joaquim de Almeida

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Daryl Hannah	...	Adriana
Denise Richards	...	Rebecca Smith
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Pierre
María Jiménez
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Africa	...	Prostitute
Brittany Andrews	...	Herself
Eve Angel	...	Brunette Hungarian Nude Model (as Evi Angel)
Anais Aphrodite
Daniel Aser
Zsuzsanna Bachmann
Elizabeth Bas
Cristina Bella
Giancarlo Bini
Mabel Carrión
Charlotte	...	French Prostitute

Storyline

A writer is interviewing prostitutes, porn stars and gigolos for her latest book. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the scholarship of the student of PHD of anthropology Rebecca finishes and she has financial problem to keep her apartment. Her neighbor and call-girl Adrianna introduces her to prostitution.

---

Plot Keywords:

prostitution | prostitute | money | talking to the camera | first person title | 

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content including nudity, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Dolores Pictures

Country:

Spain

Language:

English Spanish French Hungarian Japanese Romanian Lithuanian Czech Bulgarian

Release Date:

7 May 2004 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Life

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dolores Pictures S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 76 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Il Pazzo"
Written by Giancarlo Bigazzi
Performed by Mina

User Reviews

Doesn't quite engage

Yo Puta is interesting in the sense that it uses the documentary format (it's not a documentary - it just looks like one). Interspersed with various interviews of whores is a lame storyline populated by Daryl Hannah and Denise Richard's characters.

Yo Puta is probably most enlightening to people who have no idea of the difference between a streetwalker and a private escort, or a gigolo and a whore. Thematically, it offers a clichéd view of the world's oldest profession, and offers nothing new to the audience.

There is no emotional engagement with the purported whores. And their stripped-in backgrounds (mostly hotel rooms or other cheesy places) is distracting to say the least. Denise Richards and Daryl Hannah do little to save the anemic movie, mostly because their script is almost non-descript, predictable and totally lacks any concept of tension.

You won't miss a thing if you skip this movie. Actually, almost anything you do will be a better use of your time.