Her Body

1996. Czech diver Andrea Absolonova seems destined for great success. She has been winning national events and is now off to the Olympics. However, a diving incident results in a career-ending spinal injury. This leaves her devastated and aimless. Then her boyfriend persuades her to make an adult video.

Based on the true story of Andrea Absolonova, a film that had potential but in the end isn't profound nor memorable. The fame-as-a-sportsperson-to-nothing-to-fame-as-an-adult-movie-star arc is hardly one anyone can or wants to relate to. There's something to be admired about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps but if that was the moral to the story, the writer-director chose an odd subject and end result for the lesson.

If you were thinking the aim is to show the seediness of the adult film industry, that's not examined at all.

The end result is something that feels quite linear and unprofound, like a simple history lesson with no take away.

Still, it is moderately interesting. Andrea Absolonova is a reasonably engaging character and Natalia Germani puts in a solid performance playing her. There's a few interesting sub-plots though none of these are substantial enough to lift the paint-by-numbers feel of the film.