Sheila Power: An Entertainment

A witty, racy account of the erotic mysteries of the soul, finding true love and the perils of the film industry. Sheila Power is a glamorous film producer from a deprived background who has made it to the top through sheer determination. She has acquired the film rights to the first and only novel of Rhonda Dawes which tells Rhonda's harrowing life story, much of which is set in Venice. But someone doesn't want the project to go ahead and attempts to stop the film being made become steadily more explosive, culminating in murder. While dodging car bombs and producing the film, Sheila has seven past-life therapy sessions in which she has congress as, among others, a French peasant and a sacrificial virgin. The result is a comedy of manners, part thriller and part satire, with a brief foray into sex and shopping for good measure.