Notes on…

Tangerine(2015)

Dir. Directed by Sean Baker

Technically, it's a Christmas movie!


These women are not activists or paragons of virtue; they are imperfect people in an imperfect world, subject to errors of judgment and questionable decisions. In that sense they are like everyone else, of course, but the ways in which Sin-Dee and Alex are not like other people, the specific fragility and danger of their lives, are never overlooked or trivialized. Most of us do not attract hostility, mockery and even violence simply by being who we are in public; most of us don’t have to navigate a discordant relationship between biology, identity and social acceptability every single day of our lives.

Andrew O'Hehir (Salon)

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Synopsis: 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.