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The Girlfriend Experience

Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Released
22 May, 2009

The Girlfriend Experience is a 2009 American slice of life drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring ex-pornographic actress Sasha Grey. It was shot in New York City, and a rough cut was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. The film was also made available on Amazon Video on Demand as a pre-theatrical rental. Soderbergh mentioned Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert and Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers as influences. The film is also notable because it was produced for $1.3 million and was shot with a relatively inexpensive Red One camera.

Director Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Gregory Jacobs, Todd Wagner
Writer(s) Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Starring Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Glenn Kenny, Peter Zizzo
Music Ross Godfrey
Cinematography Steven Soderbergh, (as Peter Andrews)
Edited by Steven Soderbergh
Distributed by Magnolia Pictures
Released January 20, 2009 (Sundance), May 22, 2009 (United States)
Running time 77 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.7 million
Box office $1 million
Netflix ID 70114339

About The Girlfriend Experience

A call girl that charged two grand an hour lives the perfect life giving her clients the "girlfriend experience" until one irreversibly shakes things up.

Achievement of The Girlfriend Experience

Steven Soderbergh directed the film, which eventually turned into a television show of the same name in 2014.

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Latest information about The Girlfriend Experience updated on July 28 2021.