Tangerine

Synopsis: A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Sean Baker
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  24 wins & 38 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
R
Year:
2015
88 min
Website
4,396 Views


1

Merry Christmas Eve, b*tch.

Hi.

Are we supposed to share it?

Yes, we're supposed

to share it, b*tch. I am broke.

- How've you been?

- I've been great.

You finally got tits, b*tch!

B*tch, the estrogen

has been kicking in,

the only thing it hasn't broken down

was these f***ing arms.

Everything else on my body

looks good.

- Oh, honey.

- Don't you try it.

I look like the real thing.

So, I got some good news to tell you.

- What?

- I've been keeping a secret

about me and Chester.

Girl... Whoo!

I know what it is!

You're breaking up with him!

Thank God.

Because honey, if he's gonna be

cheating on you like that...

Wait, wait, wait. What?

You didn't know?

How the f*** would I know?

Girl, because everything that

you've been hearing on the block

about the girl that he's been with.

Girl, you are the first girl

I've seen on the block.

Who is she?

Girl, she's some white fish.

I don't know.

Chester is f***ing cheating on me

with real fish?

Yeah, b*tch. Like a real fish girl,

like vagina and everything.

I've been gone for 28 f***ing days!

And you mean to tell me

that he's been out here

cheating on me with fish?

Yeah.

Do I know her?

I don't know. I just know that

her name starts with a D.

It's something like...

Danielle...

Desiree...

- Dee Dee... I don't know, girl!

- Give me your f***ing phone!

It was shut off.

I had to cover your rent last month.

I've been told you

this was gonna happen.

All men cheat.

That's why they're called trade.

Do them just as dirty as they do us.

Out here it's all about our hustle,

and that's it.

What are you plotting?

Merry F***ing Christmas.

Hey girl, you back from vacation?

B*tch, it's a motherfucking disco

out here, b*tch.

Why?

Where the f*** is Chester at?

I don't know who the f***

this b*tch is,

but it's a white b*tch.

It's a white real fish.

Girl, don't he have a lot of girls

that he been messing with, girl?

Something with a D!

Something with a D! Desiree...

- Dominique...

- Destiny?

B*tch, I don't know what the f***

her name is, b*tch!

Why do fish come in to our territory?

Cause when they're Jane, girl,

they're jade.

Want to smoke some weed?

I got some weed.

B*tch, you know I don't do downers,

b*tch. You know I'm an upper ho.

- Sin-Dee.

- Oh, hey, Alexandra.

Girl, give me a hug.

See you later, God bless.

OK, I got you.

Girl, calm the f*** down,

it's not that serious.

Not that serious

my f***ing ass, girl.

I already told you,

it's just a rumor.

You don't know just yet if it's true.

B*tch,

I've been hearing sh*t in jail,

I've been hearing sh*t out here.

I don't know the f***

is real anymore.

Sin-Dee!

Calm your ass down now

or I am going home!

- Oh, girl, shut your ass up!

- That's it! I am going home!

White Boy!

Where the f*** is Chester?

I don't know.

I haven't seen him all day.

What the f*** you mean

you haven't seen him?

- Oh, hey, what's the T b*tch?

- Girl, what's your T?

Have you seen that

white b*tch either?

I haven't seen anybody,

leave me the f*** alone.

- Take these flyers.

- OK, OK...

Please be there tonight.

Don't disappoint me.

I will. I will be there.

You want me to walk all the way

to Vermont?

- Mary's at 7:
00.

- OK.

- Mary's at 7:
00. Mary's at 7:00.

- OK.

I will be there, I promise.

Now, I've got to deal

with this b*tch over here.

She's getting on my f***ing nerves.

- You got any T on you?

- No, I don't.

Are you sure?

Yes, I am sure!

You're making me lose my game.

This is what the f***

I'm dealing with.

I cannot take it no more.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Girl, wait, wait, wait.

I cannot do this.

I cannot do this,

it's too much drama.

You just come out here and give me

all this information.

To have me go handle it by myself.

You're the one who told me anyways.

OK, OK, OK! I will go with you

under one condition.

You must promise to me that

there's not gonna be any drama.

Because as soon as there's

some drama, I'm out of there!

I promise. I promise.

Look at me in my eyes and promise!

I promise no drama, Alexandra!

Come on!

What the

f*** you two looking at?

B*tch, like I am clockable!

You can't get it on me, b*tch,

you can't get it on me, b*tch.

I am fierce as f***.

I don't know what the f***

she was tripping on, girl.

True.

1351 Orange?

- Yes, please.

- Alright.

Is that a dog or a cat?

A dog.

What's the name?

Alfie.

Alfie is a very

well behaved dog, huh?

It's so quiet.

It's empty.

And his breath always smells like

he's been eating ass for days!

I mean when I walk into the room, it

shouldn't always smell like homeless.

And those socks, why are those socks

so f***ing black!

That's not a pimp.

What do you see in him?

Why are you looking for him?

Girl, you right! You right!

It ain't his ass I should be

worried about.

It should be that b*tch.

She's the one trying

to come on my man.

B*tch, you're smart!

I'm gonna f*** her up!

- That's not what I meant!

- That's exactly what you meant!

Because that b*tch wants

to try with me.

- I didn't mean that!

- I can give p*ssy,

it's called a f***ing tuck.

Oh, my God!

Look, there's Sin-Dee!

I haven't seen her for so long, girl.

She's looking good!

Oh, girl! What's up? What's the T?

Sin-Dee! Oh, my God.

So how was it, b*tch?

Tell me the T!

Did you get a lot of trade

up in there or what?

I want you guys to come

to my show tonight.

I am so excited about that!

T was the night before Alexandra.

Stunning goddess...

7:
00pm sharp!

Has any of you motherfuckers

seen Chester?

- No, not me.

- Here we go again.

Girl, she saw hisself

trying to cheat on me.

While I'm up in there, girl!

Me, b*tch!

- I wish I never told her.

- I heard about that fish.

And who the f*** is she?

Desiree! Sounds like Desiree.

Girl, do you really want

to go back to prison?

You just got out, mama.

I told her that too.

He act like prison

is a bad place to go.

Mama, mama, you are so much better

than she is.

Look. My boyfriend, my husband.

Ok, that's fine. But he's not

with you. He's with her.

He left you for her

the minute you went to jail.

- Girl, I am so mad.

- Why don't you just stop?

- I don't know what else to say.

- The only thing I can say is this.

Get that motherf***er!

Oh, girl.

Another black boy on a board.

They all think

they are goddamn Lil Wayne.

I remember one Christmas,

I was like six or seven,

my family bought me

the cutest little Barney doll,

that I would take with me everywhere.

And one day I put it inside

the tub with me,

- to give it a bath.

- Oh, girl, she tried her out.

And it just stopped working.

It stopped singing the

"I love you" song.

And I was just so upset.

The world can be a cruel place.

Yeah, it is cruel.

God gave me a penis.

That's pretty damn cruel,

don't you think?

You speak English pretty good.

Where are you from?

I'm Armenian.

Yeah I knew some people,

came from Armenia.

Brought a lot of jewelry with them,

when they got out.

They lived on that jewelry,

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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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