Meet Kate, a
struggling
artist whose
last
relationship
left her a
bitter
misanthrope.
Kate's best
friend is Julia,
a successful
fashion designer
with an eating
disorder and the
perfect figure.
Julia decides to
help Kate out of
her bleak
financial
situation by
chipping in on
rent, in
exchange for
occasional use
of the
apartment.
After all, Julia
needs a private
space for purely
recreational
use.
Julia brings
home countless
strangers -- to
Kate's home,
that is. Her
own place is too
far uptown (and
too upscale),
and Kate's bed
isn't getting
much use these
days anyway.
Kate responds by
creating a
portrait of
Julia in a
rather
unflattering
position -- a
work so
provocative that
one of Julia's
conquests steals
it as a memento.
Suddenly, a race
is on -- will
Kate recover the
missing art
before Julia
finds it, and
learns what her
best friend
really thinks
of her? A
witness to the
burglary leads
Kate to the
thief's home,
where she is
told that her
pornographic
work has been
destroyed.
Relieved, Kate
gives up the
chase, but
meanwhile,
Julia's search
is just
beginning. When
she learns that
the portrait has
been sold to a
gallery owner,
Julia must
retrace her
sexual history
in order to find
him and learn
what sex is
really all
about.
