Synopsis

STARLET explores the unlikely friendship between 21 year old aspiring actress Jane (Dree Hemingway) and elderly widow Sadie (Besedka Johnson), after their worlds collide in California’s San Fernando Valley.

Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates and taking care of her chihuahua Starlet, while Sadie passes her days alone, tending to her garden. After a confrontation at a yard sale, Jane finds something unexpected in a relic from Sadie’s past.

Her curiosity piqued, she tries to befriend the caustic older woman. Secrets emerge as their relationship grows, revealing that nothing is ever as it seems.

Director Sean Baker

Writer Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch

Cast Dree Hemingway, Boonee, Stella Maeve

Producers Sean Baker, Kevin Chinoy, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri

Production Credits Starlet Films

Sean Baker

Sean Baker is one of most respected filmmakers in the U.S. after "Tangerine" (2015), "Starlet" (2012) and "Prince Of Broadway" (2008). He wrote The Florida Project with his frequent collaborator, Chris Bergoch, and shot the film in 2016 in the neighborhoods around Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.