影片讲述了一名意大利色情电影女星的生涯。中产阶级出身的尼娜发现自己爱上了色情电影行业,因为她对性十分着迷,相当喜欢男人对她眉目传情。尽管每天都跟自己的异性恋人缠绵,她却浪漫地爱上了色情杂志的女编辑克里斯蒂娜。在一次身体检查中,尼娜发现自己患有癌症,在坚持化疗的情况下继续工作。但当她染病的消息一传开,她就被色情行业所遗弃了。之后她与克里斯蒂娜分手,爱上的同是癌症病患者弗拉维欧。导演在影片中插入色情行业的内容,包括无聊的场景技术人员和与庸俗的SM电影制片人。当年在威尼斯影展上放映时因剧中真实的性爱场面引发巨大争议。
获奖:1999年威尼斯电影节非竞赛单元。Nina is a young and very independent porno actress. She doesn't need the help of any agent or manager. She has a daughter and a lesbian relationship with Cristiana, a porno editor. Following a usual medical check she discovers she has a cancer. Her life is completely different now. Nina decides to visit her father. Also the real love finds now space in her heart. In fact at the hospital, she knows Flavio, a patient following her same therapies. Nevertheless their liaison Nina still continues to act in porn movies. But for one of them there won't be a future.