An aspiring adult star spends the summer of 1980 sleeping with men who pass through her family's dilapidated desert motel until one fateful summer night.
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00:00Did you have fun, sweetheart?
00:05Couldn't you tell?
00:09Is that your fantasy?
00:19Uh?
00:21Is that your fantasy?
00:23Coming out of my face?
00:27He brought it to life.
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01:00Excuse me, sir.
01:30Oh, hey, sweetheart.
01:31Is this the dance contest?
01:34Sure is, baby.
01:36I'm the judge.
01:37Well, this must be destiny.
01:41I'm just a small-time girl.
01:43I want to win so bad.
01:46I'd do anything.
01:50Anything.
01:56Take me.
01:57Take me.
02:27Take me.
03:57Mojave, Route 66, the reservations.
04:03I mean, you name it.
04:03Mm-hmm.
04:04Everything was just one huge gas station as far as you can see.
04:11And the thing of it was, everyone was happy.
04:16They weren't even thinking about it.
04:17They were just smiling.
04:18Bleak?
04:23Yeah.
04:25I have good news for you.
04:29There's still dirt and rocks and cactuses as far as the eye can see.
04:33You know, sometimes I feel this place is just one kitschy leftover from a bygone fantasy.
04:43People need their fantasies, don't they?
04:46Yeah.
04:47As long as we don't bite the dust with them.
04:50Summer's always slow.
04:51Don't worry about it.
05:02Seriously?
05:05Oh, come on.
05:05I have a right to know.
05:07I'm handling it.
05:08Can you at least tell me before the loan sharks show up?
05:13No, they're not going to drive all the way out of here.
05:14You don't know that.
05:16Banks aren't loan sharks.
05:17Yeah, they're worse.
05:18I said, I'm handling it.
05:22We were here last year.
05:25In the same position.
05:28I'm the father.
05:30You're the daughter.
05:32End of story.
05:36Fine.
05:41Heather.
05:42Listen, we'll be fine.
05:45But I can't do it alone.
05:46All right, I admit it.
05:49We'll get through this rough patch together.
05:53You know I love you, right?
05:59I know, Daddy.
06:18Mojave Motel.
06:27No, not the manager.
06:45But, um...
06:45I, uh, I got it.
06:47Uh, here he is.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Manager here?
06:55Yeah, okay.
06:56Name?
06:57Yeah?
06:58All right.
07:00See you then.
07:03You know, I don't like it when you answer the phone.
07:06I'm 20 years old.
07:07Yeah.
07:08There are all kinds of perverts out there, you know?
07:10Yeah, I know.
07:19You don't know.
07:20I'm 21 years old.
07:37Number three...
07:39...
07:41But...
07:45What do the red X's mean?
08:08X's.
08:15Room for the night?
08:20Uh, yeah.
08:21I called earlier.
08:22I'm Grant.
08:23Oh, Grant.
08:24Yeah, yeah.
08:25Um, uh, room 17.
08:28Is that around the corner?
08:29You know, you just, uh, go straight out.
08:31I'll show you.
08:41Here we are.
08:45Pool's open till 10.
08:49Just knock on my door if you need anything.
08:51That's my room.
08:53Thanks.
08:54I never caught your name.
08:58I'm Heather.
08:59It's a pleasure to meet you.
09:02Do you know a good spot to do some stargazing?
09:11Secret spot.
09:15Are you taking the scenic route to Vegas?
09:19Well, I'm just heading back to L.A.
09:23You live there?
09:24Yeah.
09:25Well, the valley, anyway.
09:30The San Fernando Valley?
09:33Yep.
09:34The good old San Fernando Valley.
09:35Oh.
09:36Oh.
09:37Oh.
09:38Oh.
09:38Oh.
09:38Oh.
09:45Do you believe in destiny?
09:58I don't know.
10:00Do you?
10:01Yeah.
10:02I think so.
10:08You see the stars in L.A.?
10:12Not like this.
10:13Hmm.
10:15You've never been?
10:17Never.
10:18But I'm gonna live there someday.
10:20Oh, yeah?
10:21Mm-hmm.
10:23You want to be an actress?
10:24Something like that?
10:30What's something like that?
10:33You really want to know?
10:36I want to be a porn star.
10:39A porn star?
10:41Mm-hmm.
10:41I just didn't think that was something anybody, um, I don't know, something anybody aspired
10:49to do.
10:50Well, practically every girl aspires to be an actress and isn't a porn star, you know?
10:56Also an actress?
10:59It's like, I like sex.
11:03And I think I'm honestly pretty good at it.
11:06Mm-hmm.
11:08But it's not always some tragedy, you know?
11:09Well, it's not like I was molested or something.
11:12I just like sex, and it's that simple.
11:16I mean, I don't get why it's so hard for anyone to believe me.
11:21I believe you.
11:35Sometimes I have this dream.
11:39Some guy walks into a video store, pushes the red curtain aside, and goes in the back.
11:48There's a tape that catches his eye, picks it up, and it's me on the cover.
11:57All he has to do is rent it, bring me home, put it into the VCR, press play, and he watches
12:08me on a little screen in the dark, wishing he could be with me, but he can't.
12:16And all I am to him is a perfect fantasy.
12:18That's beautiful.
12:27You think so?
12:28Mm-hmm.
12:29Yeah, I never thought about it like that.
12:31That was amazing.
12:42Mm-hmm.
12:49So, tell me more about this fantasy.
12:51It's like you said, I just like it.
13:00I don't know why.
13:01Is there like a, you know, like a story that you fantasize about?
13:07Sometimes I think about paying someone.
13:08I mean, if that's your fantasy, you should do it.
13:30So you'll just let the manager know I already paid?
13:32What?
13:38Oh, the manager.
13:41You just said to leave it for him in the morning.
13:43But, you know, if you want it this way.
13:52Did I say something wrong?
14:02Wait, Heather.
14:07Hey, what's going on?
14:09I just, I just thought this was something else.
14:12It's not your fault, Grant.
14:14I just, I need you to, I need you to go.
14:30Heather.
14:30Where'd you get that?
14:35From Grant.
14:36Yeah, but...
14:38Daddy, stop.
14:40I mean, you know it didn't have to be like this, right?
14:53I can't stay here.
14:54I can't stay here.
15:00Grant.
15:13I'm going to come with you.
15:18Take me to the San Fernando Valley.
15:19You know I love you, Daddy!
15:49You know I love you, Daddy!