DIRECTOR SEAN BAKER / ACTORS DREE HEMINGWAY & BESEDKA JOHNSON TALK ‘STARLET’

Sat, 2013-02-23 14:35 — Filmcourage

STARLET opens on November 9th, 2012, at Sunshine Cinema & Elinor Bunin Munroe Center in New York, Sundance Cinema Sunset 5 in Los Angeles, Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Regal University Town Center in Irvine and Town Center 5 in Encino for a one-week engagement. The film also is opening in select U.S. engagements throughout November and December of 2012.

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(2013 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominee) Starlet explores the unlikely friendship between 21 year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway) and 85 year-old Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates, Melissa and Mikey, while taking care of her Chihuahua, Starlet. Sadie, an elderly widow, passes her days alone tending to her flower garden. After a confrontation between the two 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

Cast: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, James Ransone, Dean Andre, Dave Bean, Manuel Ferrara, Cesar Garcia, Tess Hunt, Amin Joseph, Paul H. Kim, Karren Karagulian and more.

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(Watch the film for FREE here - parts 1 through 7)

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Matt makes a pact with himself: In seven years he'll be a working actor. He makes a promise that if he isn't working by then, he'll pack up and return home. This story begins seven days shy of the seven year deadline... and he is just as anonymous as the day he started.

This is his goodbye story.