Signature Move Page #3

Synopsis: Zaynab is a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian in Chicago who takes care of her TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold and very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love and wrestling.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jennifer Reeder
Production: Newcity
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2017
80 min
Website
104 Views


because you eat

all the bad bugs.

Mom, I can't, I'm,

uh, meeting my friend.

Okay, well, I want to

meet your friends, so...

My mother wants to meet you.

Oh no, I don't want

to meet your mother.

You don't?

Okay, cool.

Wait a minute.

Why don't you want

to meet my mother?

I want to meet your mother.

The reason you want

to meet my mother

is very different from why I

don't want to meet your mother.

Mother meeting means

a relationship.

I'm not in this

for a relationship.

Me neither.

(percussive music)

Yeah, focus on technique!

Alright.

Shoot out.

Double leg takedown, let's go.

Yes.

Headlock, headlock,

get in there.

Use your hips, use your hips!

Use your, whoa.

Okay, this...

Is...

Hey, this is not a move.

What, it's that girl?

The only way to get the girl

is not be afraid of losing her.

Because it is not about winning.

It is about everything else.

What you're feeling right now,

you need to learn to

harness it, channel it,

and use it to your advantage.

Ow.

[Jayde] Again.

I'm asking myself a lot

of questions

And searching

for all the wrong answers

I'm staring in the mirror

I see a broken girl

who looks a lot like me

Half lost can you accept it

No one's perfect

That's expected

That's expected

Wish I could rewind the time

When I wasn't stressed

out my mind

I can't be your superhero

And fly across the seas

everyday

I can't be your

perfect angel

With a halo on my head

all day

I'm trying to tell you

that I'm only human

That I'm only human

Bye, Mom.

I'm, uh, going

to go meet a friend.

Friend,

does he have potential?

What about me, Mom,

do I have potential?

Are you sure?

Yeah.

I don't know.

I promise you.

[Bouncer] Hey, pretty.

Where's your girl?

(club music)

(bell rings)

She is known as the queen

of chaos, Lucy Vicious.

(audience cheers)

And her opponent, she is known

as the Appalachian Assassin.

It's Darcy Dixon.

(bell rings)

(grunting)

Whoo, yeah, augh, woo.

Get on there, woo.

Here, break it up.

[Announcer] Oh, ref is down.

Woohoo.

[Announcer] Keep it

pumped up, chica!

Yeah, get her down!

Lucy, we love you!

[Announcer] Lucy Mendez

coming back!

Woo, okay, I'm going

to be right back.

[Announcer] Keep it going

y'all,

for your champion, Lucy Mendez.

Woo, here, put this on.

Okay.

Lucy, you're a goddess!

Woohoo!

You should do this.

I could never do this.

Yeah.

I wrestle

for existential reasons.

Immigration and codependency.

(street noises)

Ooh.

Okay, my mom's going to

go through that in a day.

Maybe we should skip

the papaya.

(laughs)

There are also some,

uh, mangoes back there,

if you wanted to get some.

Nah, the Mexican ones

just aren't as sweet.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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