Starlet (film)


Starlet is a 2012 independent dramatic film by director Sean S. Baker starring Dree Hemingway and newcomer Besedka Johnson. Starlet explores the unlikely friendship between 21yearold Jane and 85yearold Sadie, two women whose lives intersect in Californias San Fernando Valley.

While Melissa and Mikey argue downstairs, she discovers a stash of money in the thermos. After she spends some of the money on extravagant luxuries, she decides to return the money to Sadie. When she goes to Sadies house to try to return it, Sadie dismisses her before Jane can explain. Jane keeps the money for herself and follows Sadie as the older woman takes a cab to the grocery store. While Sadie is shopping, Jane pays the cab and sends it away so she can offer Sadie a ride, which Sadie reluctantly accepts. The two women spend time together in Sadies house, and Jane gives her number to a skeptical Sadie and tells her to call her if she needs anything.Jane then surprises Sadie when she joins her at a bingo game. Jane once again pays off Sadies taxi so she can drive her home. On the way, Jane asks Sadie about her finances, which prompts Sadie to spray Jane with mace. The two talk to the police and Jane explains that she is just being friendly, then leaves visibly angry. Sadie calls Jane the next day wanting to reconcile after she realizes that Jane was just being a friendly Samaritan. Over the next several days, Jane spends more time with Sadie and learns she is a widow who, despite her love for Paris, has never visited the city. ........

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