An Indian washerman Eddie Adams, spotted by a porn director, rises to stardom as actor Dirk Digler. The colleagues he meets on the set soon become Dirk's second family, and the whole industry enters its golden age in the heady 1980s. But life can't just be about cocaine and partying. As the uncertain transition from film to video looms, Dirk Digler's youthful optimism quickly turns into adult disillusionment. This seemingly erotic comedy about the world of pornography soon takes a darker turn, as the hedonism brought by revolutionary movements is intertwined with greed and overconsumption. Considered one of the best films of the 1990s, it cemented Paul T. Anderson's reputation as one of the most exciting directors of his generation.