Starlet

2012 103 min. USA Sean Baker

Sean Baker

Director
Sean Baker

Screenplay
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch

Cinematography
Radium Cheung

Editing
Sean Baker

Sound
Irin Strauss

Producer
Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Francesca Silvestri, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Sean Baker

Production
Cunningham & Maybach Films [US], Freestyle Picture Company [US], Cre Films [US], Mangusta Productions [US]

Cast
Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian

Synopsis
Jane, 21, spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates, Melissa and Mikey, while taking care of her Chihuahua, Starlet. Sadie, an 85-year-old elderly widow, spends her days alone, tending to her flower garden. STARLET explores the unlikely friendship between these two women, whose worlds collide in California’s San Fernando Valley.

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Protagonist Pictures

Filmography
SEAN BAKER
USA (1971)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 RED ROCKET
2017 THE FLORIDA PROJECT
2015 TANGERINE
2012 STARLET
2008 PRINCE OF BROADWAY
2004 TAKE OUT
2000 FOUR LETTER WORDS

Festivals
Locarno, SXSW, London, Mar del Plata, Hong Kong

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