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Tangerine
Why this pick
Like Wild Side, it follows sex workers with raw empathy and volatile tenderness, finding humour, solidarity and hurt in a marginalised urban world.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2004 1h 50m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Stéphanie, a transgender sex worker (Stéphanie Michelini) travels from Paris to a small town to care for her sick mother. She is joined by her two flatmates, an Algerian male prostitute, Jamal and a Russia soldier on AWOL, Mikhail. Both men fall in love with Stéphanie and she decides to have a relationship with them both.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Yasmine Belmadi
Djamel