by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) is a 16-year-old Australian girl who wants to become a ballerina. To make ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a scrungy Sydney cabaret. Eventually she is able to pursue her original goal, but not before experiencing (and enduring) humanity at both its best and worst. Director/writer Pamela Gibbons reportedly based Belinda on her own early life.
characteristics
- Dancer's Life
- Music
- Performance
- Performer
- Narcotics
- Stripper
- Yakuza
- Striptease
- Strip-club
- Moonlighting
- Drugs
- Ballet-dance
- Exploit
- Gang
- Mob
