EXCLUSIVE: Rezo has picked up international rights to Berlin Panorama entry Cherry, starring Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel and Lili Taylor.

First time writer-director and former sex worker Stephen Elliott collaborated on the script about a troubled porn actress with real-life porn star Lorelei Lee.

The drama follows an 18-year-old-girl (Hinshaw) who falls into the sex industry but meets a well-off lawyer (Franco) who offers to introduce her to a different world. Graham plays a former performer turned adult film director.

The film was largely shot in the San Francisco Armory which is the home of Kink.com, the largest adult film studio in the world.

Producers are Liz Destro and Jordan Kessler in association with Rick Dugdale and Bendrix Bailey under the Enderby Entertainment banner and Elana Krausz for Visualiner.

ICM is handling US on the film, which debuts on February 16.

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