Starlet

Synopsis: 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 exceptional
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Sean Baker
Production: Music Box Films
  5 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
103 min
$59,014
Website
485 Views


Melissa. Hey.

Melissa. Melissa.

Wake up.

Can I change my room?

Hey.

Can I change my room?

I don't know how long I'm gonna

be here, but I just- it's not me.

Yeah.

I don't know. I just need to, like, paint

the walls or move the furniture...

- 'cause I'm, I don't-

- You can't.

- I don't know.

- You can't paint the walls...

because Mikey

may have to shoot in there.

No, maybe I should just

go to IKEA or something.

Don't waste your money on new sh*t.

Just go to a yard sale.

Yeah.

# I said I pull up

to the club #

# Fresh, fit, rocking the latest, man

Hos on my dick #

# And they be saying

you the greatest man

- How much is this one?

- Fifty cents.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

# Do dat#

# Do dat, my nigga#

# Do dat#

# Yeah #

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

- Do you need help with that?

- Uh, no, I don't think so.

# Say you, dog, get the...

I don't give a f*** #

- Ten dollars?

- Yeah, no, it wasn't $10.

I had a price tag on there.

I want to say it was four.

- I was gonna say three.

- Three? There you go.

Hey. How much is this one?

- Twenty-five cents.

- How much this is?

It's five dollars, but...

- Five dollar?

- Yeah.

Isn't this

what they keep dead people in?

What? Is there a dead

person in this?

No. That's a thermos.

It could be a nice vase.

It's not a vase or an urn.

It's a thermos.

Thermos.

Chill the..

Okay.

No refunds.

Gonna be a lovely vase.

Thank you.

You... Oh, you are doing great.

Oh, look at that!

Um, how much for this?

A dollar.

Jesus f***ing Christ.

Sh*t.

Yo. What the hell?

F*** is all that sh*t?

I'm changing up my room.

Melissa said it was fine.

I told her

you have to use that room.

F***in' light me up,

'cause I'm not gonna stop.

Ready, put it. No. Ready?

Thank you.

Okay.

Now, try to do

what she f***ing couldn't do...

which is hold f***ing

cover on me.

Okay. as I f***ing storm

this motherfucking hill.

Ew!

Oh, come on. I've had more f***ing

disgusting sh*t in my mouth than that.

Know yourself as well as you

know your f***in' enemy...

and only then will you, can you

win a thousand times in a row.

That is f***ing 16th century ancient

Chinese philosophy. Sun Tzu.

What, and this is gonna

help me win Xbox? Yes.

It can help you f***in'...

Oh.

Yeah.

It'll help you win at life.

Do not smoke all of this.

This is my f***in'...

I want to be able to

put my foot into a pretzel.

You know I don't even

smoke that much. Chill.

This is not what I sell.

This is my f***ing personal stash.

Let's get the dog high.

Uh-uh.

No, stop!

The dog...

You know that dog is Mexican.

He's a f***in' cholo.

Like, you should have

named him Carlito.

That f***in'...

That dog will cut a b*tch.

Starlito.

Tess?

Deep breath. Let it out.

Perfect.

Okay.

Why the f*** are you home?

What the f*** are

you doing home?

Baby, I ripped my nail off.

It hurts bad.

Why the f***

aren't you at work?

Um.

What? Things got...

Things got messed up at work.

How did they get messed up

at work?

I just made... I f***ed up.

I f***ed it up.

Okay. How did you f*** it up?

Explain this to me.

I shouldn't have gotten

as f***ed up as I did.

It wasn't that big of a deal.

It's not the end of the world.

What do you mean you shouldn't have

gotten as f***ed up as you did?

Is somebody gonna call me later

about today?

Stop asking me so many questions.

I can't answer them all.

- $1,200! Where the f*** are we gonna...

- That's what you care about?

You don't even care that I

broke my nail, and it hurts!

What? What? What?

Why? Really. Why?

Because I hurt my finger.

Because I hurt,

and my nail broke off.

Okay.

And it hurts really bad.

Okay, okay. Okay!

All right.

Let me see it. All right.

Okay.

Okay.

Seriously,

I gotta finish vacuuming. Okay?

We don't eat the money.

No, we don't eat the money.

This is to buy you things

that you can eat.

It's comfy.

I like it. Do you like it?

I like it.

Mom?

Hey.

No, I'm good.

Great, listen. Listen.

I think

you should come out here.

I think you'd really like it.

No, it's fine. I've a friend who can

basically get a plane ticket for, like, free.

Are you sure?

Fine. Okay, whatever.

Yeah.

Bye.

Love them.

Beautiful, huh?

Yeah.

460 today.

Old money, hmm?

No, I don't have anything smaller.

Uh, okay.

Come on, Starlet. Come on.

# Microphones, turntables #

# Beating matters in your brains

like a hand drum #

# This here is a hip-hop anthem

Everybody in this... #

- Hi.

- Yes?

Um, I think I bought this

from you at the yard sale.

You did. And I also told you there's no

refunds, so what are you doing here?

No, I just... I...

Good-bye. No.

But it's not about...

You want to be free, Greg?

Um, I gue- Sure. Yeah.

Question.

Say you find, like, a shitload of money,

and you're...

you're pretty sure

you know whose it is...

and you're pretty sure that he or she

has no idea that they ever had it...

what would you do?

How much money?

Well, like...

say, 10 grand.

You found 10 grand?

No.

It's... I mean, it's just a story that...

I mean...

Never mind. Give me that.

Yeah, I'm not high enough

for these type of questions.

You know, unless they

really needed it.

What? Who?

The money. Unless

they really needed the money.

Like if it was a family, you know,

and they were like...

homeless...

and broke

and they were living off dog food.

Otherwise f*** it.

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Sean Baker

Sean Baker is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for the independent feature films Starlet, Tangerine, and The Florida Project. more…

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