Traci, I Love You

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Traci, I Love You
Directed by	Jean Charles
Distributed by	Caballero Home Video
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	74 minutes.
Language	English
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Traci, I Love You was Traci Lords's final adult film and also the only legal (American) film to be made while she was over the age of 18. It was produced in Cannes, France, two days after her 18th birthday, making it the only one legally available in the United States, due to child pornography laws.

This movie has been another aspect of controversy to Lords' life. It was the third and final film by her then self-titled production company. She had sold the rights, profiting from her former profession post-scandal, while consistently regretting making adult films and criticizing the porn industry.

In her 2003 autobiography, Traci Lords: Underneath It All, she explained:

"I sold that fucking movie for a period of ten years and with it bought myself some shelter from the storm. It was an agonizing decision, and one that made me a harder person, but it had to be done. I hated the fact that I made it possible for someone to go into a video store and rent it. But selling that film gave me some control over my life."

In the film, Lords is still the reigning queen of "good girl gone bad." A French film festival is the setting, where Traci discovers true love and the ultimate sex adventure. This is a story of a glamor photographer's fixation with a beautiful model named Traci. He finds her image to be the very essence of sensuality. She finally agrees to pose for him and they begin a love affair, where he helps her to explore her sexuality through his underworld connections.