This melodrama is about Riccardo Soldani (Marco Filiberti), Italy's top gay porn star. His stage name is Riki Kandinsky and he is actually the youngest son of a bankrupt Italian nobleman. With his blond hair and plucked eyebrows, he resembles one of the pretty young men in the films of Luchino Visconti. At 29 and after 11 years in the business he is rich, loves his work, enjoys casual sex, but leads a solitary hedonistic life. According to Riki, he's had more than 600 men and only 4 women. His estranged older brother Federico (Urbano Barberini) visits when his father dies. Federico has no idea what his brother does for a living, but learns fast when he stumbles across a porno magazine with Riki's picture on the cover. He views his brother's profession with disdain and curiosity. As the two reconcile their differences, Riki has to come to terms with growing up and taking responsibility, which for him includes the desire to become a father by adopting an orphan. He witnesses a car accident in which a young woman is killed and decides to adopt the dead woman's 6-year-old son. This leads to a court fight in which Riki battles the boy's grandparents for possession of the cute kid. In the south of France, the 2 brothers return to their family castle and witness their mother die in an accident. 14 years later there is a resolution of sorts. Directed by Marco Filiberti, this movie is in Italian with English subtitles. The English title is "Adored" or "Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star",
