''Rocco'' is a 2016 French

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

, co-directed by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai.

Synopsis

A biographical documentary of famed

adult film Pornography (colloquially called porn or porno) is sexually suggestive material, such as a picture, video, text, or audio, intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolved from cave paintings ...

star

Rocco Siffredi Rocco Antonio Tano (born 4 May 1964), known professionally as Rocco Siffredi, is an Italian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, director, and producer. Known as the "Italian Stallion", Siffredi has starred in more than 1,300 pornograph ...

who struggles with an inner conflict and ambivalence about his work as well as uncertainty about his future considers closing out his career with a final production in

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

. Interviews reveal Rocco's struggle with the death of his mother, his high standards for quality narrative content as a director and producer, his production planning and execution with his cousin, and his relatively undramatic role as a husband and father to two sons. Additional interviews with women in different stages of their career as an adult film actress reveal different perspectives on the matter--from vulnerability and empowerment to injuries sustained during production.

Cast

as himself * Rosa Caracciolo as herself * Abella Danger as herself *

James Deen Bryan Matthew Sevilla (born February 7, 1986), known professionally by the stage name James Deen, is an American pornographic actor and film director, director. Deen entered the porn industry in 2004 at the age of 18. He gained attention due ...

as himself * Gabriele Galetta as himself *

Mark Spiegler Mark Spiegler (born 1958/1959) is an American talent agent for pornographic actresses and founder of Spiegler Girls, which is often regarded as being among the adult film industry's top agencies. Spiegler was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in ...

as himself * Kelly Stafford as herself

Reception

Boyd van Hoeij from ''

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'', called it a "fascinating and beautifully crafted work that tries to paint a nuanced picture of the man himself and, to an extent, the industry in which he worked". E. Nina Rothe from ''

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'', wrote: "From its opening shot, it's clear that Rocco is not a film for the faint of heart. It is raw, hard-core, violent and savage. And yet, hidden beneath this world of porn and Rocco Siffredi—the film's anti-hero with a Faustian secret—lies a message about how empowered we each are, when it comes to our own sexuality." Rocco won the ''NIN Award'' at the FEST International Film Festival.

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