Chastity (film)
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Chastity is a 1969 drama
romance film
starring American singer-actress Cher
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in her first film role as a solo. It was written and produced by Cher's husband Sonny Bono
as a star vehicle for her. It flopped badly and deterred Cher from acting in films for more than a decade. Sonny and Cher's child Chastity Bono
was conceived during the making of the film, and was named after it.
Cher also recorded a soundtrack
to the film, which was also a commercial failure.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
starring American singer-actress Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
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Synopsis
Chastity is a 1969 film directed by Alessio de Paola and starring CherCher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
in her first film role as a solo. It was written and produced by Cher's husband Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...
as a star vehicle for her. It flopped badly and deterred Cher from acting in films for more than a decade. Sonny and Cher's child Chastity Bono
Chastity Bono
Chaz Salvatore Bono is an American transgender advocate, writer, actor, and musician. Bono is the only child of American entertainers Sonny and Cher, though each had children from other relationships...
was conceived during the making of the film, and was named after it.
Cher also recorded a soundtrack
Chastity (soundtrack)
Chastity is the first soundtrack album by American singer-actess Cher, released on June 1969 by Atco. It was released to promote and accompany the 1969 motion picture, Chastity. The album, like the film from which it came, was a commercial failure....
to the film, which was also a commercial failure.