Ashley (film)
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Ashley
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| Directed by | Dean Ronalds |
| Produced by |
Tom Malloy Brian Ronalds |
| Written by | Domenic Migliore |
| Starring |
Nicole Fox Nicole Buehrer Jennifer Taylor Michael Madsen Tom Malloy |
| Music by | Ray Bamber |
| Cinematography | Vincent Pascoe |
| Edited by | Dean Ronalds |
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Video on demand FranceTv PluzzVAD |
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9 August 2013(USA) 11 August 2015(France) |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Language | English, French |
Ashley is a 2013 film directed by Dean Ronalds.
Ashley Collins (Nicole Fox) a 17-year-old high school student is sitting smoking in a park playing with her gold lighter, then she deliberately burns her hand using the lit cigarette. Later she has an appointment with the school therapist Vincent (Tom Malloy) who sees the burn and questions how it happened but she refuses to talk. During class she begins to fantasize about kissing the Red Headed Girl (Mallory Moye) who is sitting in the front row. After class, the girl approaches Ashley asking why she is always looking at her during class and calls her weird. As she is leaving, a boy named Steve approaches her, but she ignores him and leaves.
At home, Ashley has a fight with her mother Stacy Collins (Jennifer Taylor) because Vincent had called her and requested she take Ashley to group therapy at the hospital. Ashley attends the group therapy sessions, but refuses to participate in the discussion. Things become worse when one member becomes aggressive and is dragged away by hospital attendants. Ashley returns to the park to smoke where she meets Vickey (Danielle Morrow), who asks for a smoke. Asking if her lighter is real gold, Vickey suggests that she should try to scratch it like in the movies. Ashley hands Vickey her switchblade and impressed, she invites Ashley to her house. Vickey tells Ashley she can contact her under the username "SapphoGirl13" on her computer. Vickey and Ashley begin kissing when Vickey notices cuts along Ashley’s wrists. Ashley becomes turned on when Vickey touches her wrists, but Vickey becomes disturbed when Ashley wants to use the switchblade and asks her to leave. At home, Ashley contacts Vickey on her computer using the alias "HomeStarch99" and they begin to have cybersex however Ashley quickly becomes uninterested, turns off the computer and cuts herself instead.
With the group therapy not working, Vincent informs Ashley and Stacy that a social worker will visit them. Stacy threatens to confiscate Ashley’s computer, but eventually lets her keep it after she begs her not to take it. The next day at the park, Ashley meets Randall (Luke Eberl) and the Red Headed Girl from her class in a car drinking. They invite Ashley to join them and the girl begins to give Ashley alcohol using mouth to mouth and then offers to reward her with a kiss every time she takes a drink. Initially starting off well, the girl becomes angry when Ashley scratches her nails hard onto her back and they ask her to get out of the car. Ashley is waiting at a bus stop to return home when she meets Chico (Brennan Murray) after talking to her. She does not reply so he decides to try holding her hand and she does not resist. Arriving home, she meets Stacy’s new boyfriend Bill (Michael Madsen) and instantly does not like him. After an awkward meal, she retreats to her room and proceeds to play loud music to distract her from the sexual sounds coming from her mother’s room. She goes on her computer and begins to chat with "Candid33," a 33-year-old woman called Candice (Nicole Buehrer). They exchange phone numbers and talk about their hobbies.
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