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In December 1977, Jake Van Dorn is a prosperous local businessman in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], who has strong [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] convictions. A single parent, Van Dorn is the father of a seemingly quiet, conservative teenaged girl, Kristen, who inexplicably disappears when she goes on a church-sponsored trip to [[Bellflower, California]]. With the help of his brother-in-law, Wes, Van Dorn hires Andy Mast, an eccentric [[private investigator]] in [[Los Angeles]], to locate Kristen.
After five months pass, in May 1978, Van Dorn has been living as usual without Kristen, until Mast unexpectedly visits him in Grand Rapids, and shows him an anonymously-produced [[8 mm film|8 mm]] [[stag film]] he located in a Los Angeles [[sex shop]]. The film, which shows Kristen having sex with two young men, shocks and disturbs Van Dorn, who comes to believe that his daughter has been [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]] and indoctrinated into sex work. When Van Dorn travels to Los Angeles, where he finds Mast cavorting with a
With no results from Van Dorn's morally taxing visits to over-21 establishments, a desperate Van Dorn posts an advertisement and disguises as a pornography producer in the ''[[Los Angeles Free Press]]'', hoping to find information about his daughter.
After many porn actors visit Van Dorn's motel, a scraggly actor named "Jism Jim", one of the actors who was in the 8 mm stag film with Kristen, appears. After Van Dorn violently interrogates him, Jim directs Van Dorn to Niki, a [[prostitution|prostitute]] and occasional porn actress whom he claims may know Kristen's whereabouts. Upon meeting, Niki says she has seen Kristen before and may be able to find her through her connections. Van Dorn pays Niki to accompany him in his search.
At the same time, Wes rehires Andy Mast, having visited Van Dorn and become worried about his activities in Los Angeles. Mast tracks Van Dorn and Niki for the rest of their time in California.
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Van Dorn returns to the hotel where he is staying with Niki, and asks that she divulge Tod's address. Niki, having grown close to Van Dorn and secretly hoping he can help her escape her life on the streets, finds herself fearful of being forgotten once Van Dorn locates Kristen. As a result, she initially refuses to tell him Tod's address. Van Dorn loses his temper and strikes her, after which she reluctantly reveals the information.
Van Dorn tracks Tod to a seedy San Francisco [[bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] [[Fetish club|fetish house]] and chases him through the building, eventually beating Tod into giving him Ratan's location. Van Dorn and Mast track Ratan to a nearby [[nightclub]], where he is watching a live sex show,
In the nightclub basement, Van Dorn finds Kristen
==Cast==
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The film was condemned by the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|United States Catholic Conference]] for its profanity, nudity, and depiction of Christianity.<ref name=afi/>
On ''[[Rotten Tomatoes]]'', the film has an approval rating of
===Accolades===
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The film has also been available for streaming and digital download through [[Amazon.com]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[iTunes Store]], [[Vudu]], and other online media.
==References==
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