A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
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Sean Baker
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Title: Tangerine (2015)
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25 wins & 40 nominations.
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Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | ... | Sin-Dee |
| Mya Taylor | ... | Alexandra | |
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Karren Karagulian | ... | Razmik |
| Mickey O'Hagan | ... | Dinah | |
| James Ransone | ... | Chester | |
| Alla Tumanian | ... | Ashken | |
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Luiza Nersisyan | ... | Yeva |
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Arsen Grigoryan | ... | Karo |
| Ian Edwards | ... | Nash | |
| Clu Gulager | ... | The Cherokee | |
| Ana Foxx | ... | Selena | |
| Scott Krinsky | ... | Parsimonious John | |
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Chelcie Lynn | ... | Madam Jillian |
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Shih-Ching Tsou | ... | Mamasan |
| Josh Sussman | ... | Retch Chunder | |
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A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
Plot Keywords:
lgbt | shot on phone | unfaithful boyfriend | transgender prostitute | pimp |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong and disturbing sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Written by Matthew Engst and Tobias Karlsson
Performed by Matthew Engst and Tobias Karlsson
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The Cherokee says he was named Mia after a red bird by his mother. Clu Gulager who plays the Cherokee was named after the Clu Clu birds that were surrounding his home when he was born. See more »Goofs
When Sin-Dee breaks into a hotel brothel looking for Dinah, the cameraman's shadow is cast on the fat woman. See more »Soundtracks
Feelin'Written by Matthew Engst and Tobias Karlsson
Performed by Matthew Engst and Tobias Karlsson
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Country:
USARelease Date:
10 July 2015 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$100,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$60,683, 12 July 2015Gross USA:
$702,354Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$828,874Company Credits
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I saw this Premiere at Sundance 2015. This is what a Sundance film should be. You start watching at a distance. The subject matter of prostitutes, pimps, drugs, sex, homosexuality and gender roles is foreign to most and even repulsive to some. But that's the beauty. It draws you in...you start to care about the characters, you start to laugh with them. You then admire their pluck. You feel their frustration, sadness and even shame. Then you identify with it. Then, eventually, you admire it. Finally, what you see are human beings with the same, or even better, values that you have. The music is cutting edge street sound that propels you along the LA sidewalks and, combined with the colors of the film (i.e. tangerine), it pulls you into the brash and jolting life on some of the worse streets of LA. The power of the film is that, in powerful ways, that street community seems a better home than you have in safe suburbia. This is what indie film should be.....it takes a different subject matter, perhaps something disturbing, draws you in and changes the way you view the world. Forever. Not just during the course of a film festival.
Even better, this film was shot entirely on three iPhone 5s. At the Premiere, the audience audibly gasped when this fact rolled on screen during the credits. Another thing an indie film should do...change the way you look at how films can be made. (I'm actually going to try to make a film this summer...seriously).
This film should have won the Sundance NEXT award....and probably would have if it was not by audience vote. This is not mainstream..it is an independent film. This film will change your life.
P.S. Both female leads were powerful and legitimate, in every sense of that word. But Kiki Kitana Rodriguez has screen presence and karma enough to fill Dodger Stadium one hundred times over. I could watch her for yours, and hope we all have a chance to do so again.