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It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone, STARLET, Generation Kill) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity. Director Sean Baker’s prior films (STARLET, PRINCE OF BROADWAY) brought rich texture and intimate detail to worlds seldom seen on film. TANGERINE follows suit, bursting off the screen with energy and style. A decidedly modern Christmas tale told on the streets of L.A., TANGERINE defies expectation at every turn.
 
Director:
Sean Baker
Written By:
Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
Cinematography By:
Radium Cheung, HKSC & Sean Baker
Executive Producers:
Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass
Producers:
Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou
Marcus Cox & Karrie Cox,
Sean Baker
Co-Producers:
Chris Bergoch Radium Cheung
Kevin Chinoy & Francesca Silvestri
Associate Producers:
JULIE CUMMINGS
KARREN KARAGULIAN
Casting:
SEAN BAKER
CHRIS BERGOCH
Camera Operators:
RADIUM CHEUNG
SEAN BAKER
Additional Camera Operators:
CHRIS BERGOCH
SHIH-CHING TSOU
Costume Designer:
SHIH-CHING TSOU
Music Supervisor:
MATTHEW SMITH
KITANA KIKI RODRIGUEZ
as Sin-Dee Rella
MYA TAYLOR
as Alexandra
KARREN KARAGULIAN
as Razmik
MICKEY O’HAGAN
as Dinah
ALLA TUMANIAN
as Ashken
and
JAMES RANSONE
as Chester
LUIZA NERSISYAN
as Yeva
ARSEN GRIGORYAN
as Karo
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“IT JUMPS OFF THE SCREEN AND WOWS YOU LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS. A groundbreaking film that leaves you in stitches while quietly breaking your heart. A VISUALLY INNOVATIVE KNOCKOUT THAT GRABS YOU FROM THE FIRST FRAME.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“BOTH HILARIOUS AND HEART-ATTACK SERIOUS. What’s extraordinary is that it’s everything an entertaining, old-fashioned, mainstream Hollywood comedy should be and no longer is. THESE CHARACTERS DESERVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE THE WAY THIS MOVIE DESERVES A PLACE AT THE MULTIPLEX.” – David Edelstein, New York
“*****. THIS MOVIE! THIS MOVIE IS EVERYTHING. An ingenious blast of fresh air so florid and electric that it feels like a Pedro Almodóvar remake of Crank.” – David Ehrlich, Time Out NY
“UPROARIOUS. A MUST-SEE. EXPLODES WITH VITALITY.” – Stephen Holden, NY Times
“RAUCOUS AND BAWDY. By the end, Baker and his actors have led us to a place beyond comedy — you may still be laughing, but your breath catches a little on the way out.” – Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
“ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING FILMS OF THE YEAR. Tangerine may not be the summer comedy we asked for, but it just might be the summer comedy we need.” – Peter Macia, Vogue
“A BEAUTIFULLY FILMED, SWOONINGLY SCORED, GRACEFULLY PERFORMED WONDER OF A MOVIE. An intimate, funny, and surprisingly poignant portrait in miniature of a few fascinating American lives.” – Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
“ENCHANTING. It’s a pleasure to tag along for the day.” – Rebecca Keegan, LA Times
“A brief, strange and deeply rewarding trip and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN FILMS OF THE YEAR. A gorgeous, timely and possibly profound human comedy.” – Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
“RIOTOUS, DARING, AND CRACKLING WITH VITALITY.” – Alison Willmore, Buzzfeed
“LOUD, FEROCIOUS AND TREMENDOUSLY FUNNY.” – Amy Nicholson, LA Weekly
“GRADE A-. A lewd, exhuberant comedy.” – Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly
“A TOUGH YET TENDER, GRITTY YET GORGEOUS MOVIE MADE WITH INGENIOUS SKILL. A neo-screwball chase flick with a dash of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A dizzy, often exuberant down-and-dirty romp.” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
“EXACTLY THE TYPE OF MOVIE THAT CAN SPARK A REVOLUTION.” – Andrea Stoehr, The Dissolve
“IT’S CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. A freewheeling, raucously funny street opera with a sweet and soulful center, pulsing with enough verve and vitality to erase any whiff of the “issue film” it might have been.” – Kelly Leow, Moviemaker
“WILDLY ENTERTAINING.” – Eric Kohn, Indiewire
“PURE ENERGY – A DAMN FUN RIDE.” – Kate Walsh, The Playlist
“RAUNCHY, ABRASIVE AND SHOCKINGLY SWEET.” – Scott Macauley, Filmmaker
“IT’S LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE. “ – Brian Moylan, The Guardian
“PERFECTLY PITCHED AND OUTRAGEOUSLY ENTERTAINING.” – Dennis Dermody, Paper
“THE YEAR'S BUZZIEST MOVIE.” - Paper
“Trashy, lurid, and hilariously profane — exploitation in the best, most cinematic sense — but without ever losing the thread of human ache that connects the characters to each other.” – Wesley Morris, Grantland
“HILARIOUS. Humanizing and prejudice-challenging—an instant cult movie.” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“A big-hearted work of insight and unapologetically wild humor. Even those who don’t count themselves among the transgender-prostitute-movie-shot-on-an-iPhone demographic will want to try Tangerine,” – Justin Chang, Variety
“THE FINAL RESULT IS INCREDIBLE. Tangerine is funny, gut-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure. It's a vivid, powerful slice of life and truly a movie of its moment.” – Kevin O’Keefe, Mic
“Great fun, both visually and verbally.” – Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
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