Tangerine
2015 · TMDB 6.9
Directed by Sean Baker
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Why it matters
Shot on an iPhone, this film follows a transgender sex worker on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles as she hunts for her cheating boyfriend, capturing a vibrant, marginalised community with humour and heart.
From The Show Must Go On
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Released
- 2015-07-10
- Studio
- Through Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- Armenian
- TMDB score
- 6.9
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Position 7 of 8
Shot on an iPhone, this film follows a transgender sex worker on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles as she hunts for her cheating boyfriend, capturing a vibrant, marginalised community with humour and heart.
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Position 7 of 8
Sean Baker shoots trans sex workers on Santa Monica Boulevard on iPhones, and the result is a Christmas Eve comedy of betrayal, donuts and relentless forward motion. Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor are funny, furious and completely unbothered by the audience's expectations.
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