A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with a positive message. The cast of unknowns is selected from homemade audition tapes and then a callback audition workshop. More acting workshops are used to develop the characters and script. The project overcomes a number of obstacles and the rest of the film's development is followed up until its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee) é uma terapeuta de casais que nunca teve um orgasmo. Entre seus pacientes estão James (Paul Dawson) e Jamie (PH DeBoy), que mantém uma relação que começa a dar passos maiores. Há ainda Severin (Lindsay Beamish), uma dominatrix que mantém sua vida em segredo e não se abre para as pessoas. Eles se encontram regularmente no Shortbus, um clube underground onde arte, música, política e sexo se misturam.
N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make John jealous, they'll give Nick a false corporate identity and pass him off as Jane's new boyfriend.
