Starlet by Sean Baker - 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
This is a film about human relationships and how they can be created, strengthened and maintained even between two completely different people.
Jane wants to decorate her room, so she buys a thermos from Sadie, an old lady who's having a yard sale to get rid of some of her stuff. Things take an interesting turn when Jane discovers a great sum of money hidden in the thermos and starts wondering whether she should return or keep it. Upon visiting grumpy, rude old Sadie, Jane decides to keep the money and help this woman in return. She starts off doing little errands, like taking Sadie to the supermarket or going to Bingo nights with her. She tries to get to know suspicious Sadie, who initially thinks Jane wants to rob her.
After a while, the two women develop a very strange but true relationship; one that can be described as purely friendly. Jane no longer stays at home after work. She prefers to spend lots of her free time with Sadie, also bringing her little dog Starlet with her, something that at first, Sadie reluctantly accepts but later welcomes.
Meanwhile, viewers also get the chance to see how a porn movie or scene is actually shot, as Jane and her roommate are porn stars. They can see what this industry is really about and through the characters of the film, the audience can finally realise how human they are.
The women's relationshion runs deep; so deep that Jane decides to spend all of
the money on a journey of the two to Paris, Sadie's favourite place in
the whole world. Nothing will ever come between this odd friendship. Not even money.
This film attempts to fairly portray all sides of people's idiosyncrasies and emotions.
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