The Girlfriend Experience Page #3

Synopsis: Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a high-priced $2,000-an-hour call girl in Manhattan, offering a 'girlfriend experience': she'll dress with the client in mind, go to dinner and a movie, listen attentively to talk about work and finances, and she'll provide sex. It's October, 2008: a presidential election nears and the economy is in free fall. She has a boyfriend, Chris (Chris Santos), who's a personal trainer. We are shown five non-consecutive days in Chelsea's life. She's working on her Web page, talking to image consultants, and being interviewed by a reporter. She asks clients when their birthdays are and uses that for an astrological prediction. She's drawn to a new client, a writer from L.A. Should she break her rules for him? What if it risks her relationship with Chris? Should she invest in gold?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
2009
77 min
$642,853
Website
718 Views


her 16-17-year-old daughter

to my boutique if they

knew I was an escort?

If it was a sex boutique

and it was a couple,

that'd be a different story, but

that's not what I'm interested in.

I'm not trying to be

insensitive to that. I get that.

I'm just trying to

make sure you understand

there's an opportunity lost if

you don't take advantage of that.

In what other ways could

I do that where I'm safe?

Well, like, you

could write a book.

We could do a movie

about your life.

Right now

that's really hot.

People are making

movies like that.

There's Tara right there.

Tara.

Sugar!

- Darling, how are you?

- How are you?

Very well.

Good to see you.

- This is Chelsea.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.

I have to get out of here.

Thanks for lunch.

- It was nice to see you.

- You too.

We have about 20 minutes.

Want to grab a quick drink?

- I'd love a drink right now.

- Let's do it.

- So how was your flight?

- It was good.

- Where are you staying?

- I'm staying over at the "W."

Yeah, it's really

depressing.

Well, you know, you're

successful, you're very creative.

I'm sure there's plenty

more opportunities

- in front of you--

- Yeah, I know, I know.

I know, but it's--

I don't really want

to talk about it,

But it's just

bad out there.

I mean, if I--

You know, two holes in the ground

that were gonna be buildings,

now the banks have--

you know, it's just a bad time.

I have a big office.

But that's just--

it's why I'm a little...

I don't

want to leave.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Here.

You can just

put that right there.

Thank you.

Um...

I haven't seen you

in almost two weeks now.

- Yeah, that's a long time, right?

- I know. God.

- It's good to see you.

- It's good to see you, too.

How long have I

been coming here?

Two and a half

years...?

God... Two

and a half years.

- It's not that long.

- It's not that long?

No.

Feels like a--

feels like...

Doesn't feel

like a long time.

It's been fun,

But it feels like you're a

big part of my life, you know?

I look up and suddenly

you're a big part of my life.

I'd like

to think so.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

You have a lot

of makeup on today.

- Do I?

- Yeah.

I like it,

it's just...

Someone else

have you do that,

or did you just

do it on your own?

- I did it myself.

- Yeah?

This is how

it usually is.

On October 18th I met with Dan.

I wore a vintage black

cashmere sweater,

Earnest sewn jeans

and Pour La Victoire

boots.

Dan talked

the entire time.

We didn't have sex.

He was very upset

about a contract

his firm lost

to I.M. Pei.

He set a date

for Tuesday.

So they gave us a booth

And they started doing

the bottle service,

and they started just

bringing all this sh*t.

We were totally hammered.

As we're leaving,

some other manager comes in

and decides not to comp it.

It was, like,

our bar bill.

- Are you f***ing kidding me?

- Isn't that sick?

That's a big bar bill.

Oh, I'm sure it was a

lot of champagne, wine.

I don't even know.

There was a little ring of us.

Then it grew. And by the time

there was that outer ring,

I think strangers were just

ordering buckets of beer

- and champagne and sh*t.

- Oh my God.

It was so fun, though.

I think he charges the movie.

She needs to get

one of those--

what do they call those

things? It's like a vaporizer.

She did.

It didn't last long.

Didn't get her

high enough?

I don't know

what it was.

My buddy tried

one, but he didn't like it.

He's been smoking

a long time

and he missed the burn and

the coughing in the lungs.

He needed it.

The clean thing wasn't enough for him.

Chelsea?

- Hi.

- Hello.

I thought

that was you.

Hi. I'm Ken.

- How are you? David.

- Hi, David.

I'm just taking off,

but I thought I'd say hi.

See you.

And how's Sheila?

She's doing good.

She's doing good.

There's always gonna be

old people too,

No matter what's going on

with the economy.

She's doing okay,

still at the center,

even though she's a little

afraid that, you know--

Cutbacks, recession,

depression--

They might lose their funding.

But that's a long way off.

We should

get together soon.

Yeah, we should

get together.

I think she'd like that again.

That'd be nice.

You know, there's not a lot

of couples like you guys.

I agree.

There's not a lot of couples like us.

A lot of people think they

can separate love from sex.

And when they

get into it...

they're intimidated, their

emotions arise, they get jealous.

With you guys,

it's simple.

- Chris.

- Jess, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Come into my office.

- How're you doing?

- Great. This place is beautiful.

Are you guys

looking at expansion?

From the looks of this place, it

looks like you're well-funded.

You already have

four locations.

How aggressive are you about

finding other locations?

We do not want

to take over the world.

But we do want

to expand our facilities.

We want about 10 clubs

in the area,

but we certainly don't want

to take over the world.

We want to maintain a

boutiquelike style-- of operating style

So that we can cater

to each member.

So many of the corporate

monsters out there

are very rigid

in their policies,

and that's the last thing

that we want to do.

The problem is with gyms

is it's hard for the--

a-- I have to take

care of my client,

but b-- I need the facility

to take care of my client.

They're with me

for one hour,

but they're in the gym

for the whole year.

I'm liking, I think, that I hear that

that's very important to you guys. Yes?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

If you look at the club alone,

it's a $15-million facility.

so we have to maintain

retention with our members.

So if we're not getting results,

guess what-- they're gone.

I was wondering

if we could do something

where I could start

working with you more--

not just doing my sessions where

I'm getting a piece of them,

but something where I could

help you train the trainers

or manage the place, and you

could cut me a base salary.

I just have to start doing

more for myself, you know.

I've gone out and checked

some other places out

and felt some

people out and--

You've looked

at other places?

After all the times

I've helped you out here

you've looked

at other places?

I mean, again,

I just looked,

just to feel out what

I was gonna say to you.

And I'm here to you

first, obviously.

How do you feel

about the other places?

I mean, look, I've been

working with you a long time.

I don't want

to leave here.

But at the same time I

need to do something now.

I need to step it up. I've been

doing this for too long, man.

Right now is not

exactly the best time

To start hitting people up

for more money.

I know that.

I know that.

But that's exactly

almost why I have to.

Because I don't know how much

worse things are gonna get.

Or hopefully they turn around

and get better. I don't know.

But all I do know is I've

been doing this long enough

to where I need a change.

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David Levien

David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, Levien has also produced films such as The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones. Levien frequently collaborates on projects with his writing partner Brian Koppelman. As a novelist, he has published City of the Sun, Where the Dead Lay, 13 Million Dollar Pop, and Signature Kill. Earlier works are often published under D. J. Levien. Levien studied at the University of Michigan. more…

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