An unlikely friendship forms between twenty-one-year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
Director:
Sean Baker
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Cast
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| Dree Hemingway | ... | Jane | |
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Boonee | ... | Starlet |
| Stella Maeve | ... | Melissa | |
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Sheri Vecchio | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Robert Malmuth | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Justin Boyd | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Tracy Correll | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Leo Garcia | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Hayat Jubrail | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Besedka Johnson | ... | Sadie |
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Jimena Alegre | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Romina Gilmore | ... | Yard Sale People |
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Peter Rutledge | ... | Yard Sale People |
| James Ransone | ... | Mikey | |
| Zoe Voss | ... | Waiting Room Girl | |
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STARLET explores the unlikely cross-generational friendship between 21 year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway), and the elderly Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane, an aspiring actress, spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates, Melissa and Mikey (Stella Maeve and James Ransone), while caring for her Chihuahua, Starlet. Sadie, a widow, passes her days alone, tending to her flower garden. After a confrontation between the women at Sadie's yard sale, Jane uncovers a hidden stash of money inside a relic from Sadie's past. Jane attempts to befriend the caustic older woman in an effort to solve her dilemma and secrets emerge as their relationship grows. Director Sean Baker continues in the naturalistic style of his previous films, the award-winning and Spirit Award nominees PRINCE OF BROADWAY and TAKE OUT, capturing the rhythms of everyday life with an authenticity rarely seen in cinema. Featuring a pair of ... Written by anonymous
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9 May 2013 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$15,662, 11 November 2012, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$87,910, 17 February 2013Company Credits
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Written by Lomerrill Jones and Erick Sermon
Performed by Lomerrill Jones p/k/a Tone Kopome and Erick Sermon
Produced by Erick Sermon copyright 2012 Lomerrill Jones
Courtesy of Def Squad, New Beat Entertainment
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Director Sean Baker considered casting Dakota Johnson and her real-life grandmother Tippi Hedren together before deciding on Besedka Johnson and Dree Hemingway. See more »Goofs
Throughout the film, Jane's green car changes back and forth from a Ford Probe to a Saturn. See more »Quotes
Asa Akira: What's worse than getting banged by Jack the Ripper? Getting fingered by Captain Hook.See more »
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Do DatWritten by Lomerrill Jones and Erick Sermon
Performed by Lomerrill Jones p/k/a Tone Kopome and Erick Sermon
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When I attended a screening of this indie at the 2013 Glasgow Film Festival there were only four other people in the auditorium! But we happy few saw a real gem: Dree Hemingway plays a young porn star who buys a flask from an old woman (Besedka Johnson), only to discover the flask contains several thousand dollars. When Johnson, thinking she's after a refund, refuses to discuss the flask, Hemingway resolves to do the older woman good turns instead, and gradually a relationship develops between the two.
In a way it's a shame there's so much swearing and sexual content (including a scene of unsimulated sex) in the film, as the central soapy portrayal of the friendship between the two women means it would fit nicely in the inoffensive Sunday afternoon slot on BBC2, if it were more family-friendly. It's not perfect: Hemingway's Valley girl drawl is wearing at times, and some of the dialogue has the smell of "workshopped-dialogue-don't-know-how-to-bring-this-scene-to-a-close" about it, but minor gripes aside this is a nice character piece and I'd happily watch it again, even if it means breaking my 'no performing animals' rule (thankfully the dog - the 'Starlet' of the title - isn't asked to do anything dogs don't normally do).