Truly Naked

Muriel d'Ansembourg

Dutch Focus Grand Jury Fiction Dutch premiere

When porn has become the norm, intimacy is the new taboo. Introverted teenager Alec only experiences intimacy through the lens working for his father’s pornography business. When a classmate challenges him to embrace real connection, he’s forced to step out from behind the camera.

Alec, a soft-spoken, introverted teenager, has always viewed life through the lens of his father’s small-time pornography business where their home doubles as a set. Since his mother’s death, Alec has been drawn deeper into the family business and he now films and edits the content that his rough and ready father Dylan produces and stars in. As an ageing performer, Dylan is struggling to keep things afloat and relies on girls such as Lizzie, a free-spirited adult entertainer who is like an older sister to Alec.  

As financial pressures mount, Dylan’s swagger begins to unravel. When father and son relocate from London to a sleepy seaside town, Alec hopes for a fresh start. And then he meets classmate Nina, a fiercely independent and feminist young woman whose world view could not be further from the one Alec grew up with. As their bond deepens, Nina invites Alec into a new realm of intimacy and vulnerability and challenges him to explore what it means to be truly seen. 

Nominated for the Dutch Focus award
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Nominated for the Grand Jury Fiction award
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Credits

Director
Muriel d'Ansembourg
Producer
Els Vandevorst, Isabella Depeweg
Year
2026
Country of production
France, Netherlands, The
Type
Fiction
Duration
102 minutes
Spoken language
English
Subtitles
NL
Production company
Isabella Films
World Sales
M-Appeal
Dutch distributor
Paradiso Filmed Entertainment