Summaries

A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

After twenty-eight long days of absence, Sin-Dee is back on the block. It's Christmastime, and everyone wants to get into the festive spirit; however, Sin-Dee is in for a shock when she accidentally discovers that Chester, the love of her life, has been cheating on her. And to think that poor Sin-Dee has been making plans for the future. To save what's left of her dignity, heartbroken Sin-Dee embarks on a desperate mission to locate two-timing Chester, and no one can stop her--not even her best friend Alexandra, who vainly tries to be the voice of reason. Now, nothing can stand in the way of justice. After all, who wants to live a lie?—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • friendship
  • male nudity
  • christmas eve
  • unfaithful boyfriend
  • shot on phone
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jul 9, 2015
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English Spanish Armenian
Filming locations Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Duplass Brothers Productions Cre Film Freestyle Picture Company

Box office

Budget $100000
Gross US & Canada $702354
Opening weekend US & Canada $60683
Gross worldwide $840099

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 28m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez), who has just finished a 28-day jail sentence, meets her friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) (who has just had a boob job), another trans sex worker, at a donuts shop in Hollywood on Christmas Eve. Alexandra reveals that Sin-Dee's boyfriend and pimp Chester (James Ransone) has been cheating on her with a Cisgender woman (whose name starts with a D). Sin-Dee storms out to search the neighborhood for Chester and the woman. Alexandra wants to stay away from dramas and thus doesn't accompany Sin-Dee in her quest.

Alexandra hands out fliers for her musical performance that evening (The Mary's bar at 7 pm), and argues with a client who refuses to pay (The client promised to pay her $40, while she only holds his balls while he masturbates himself.. but the client doesn't come, he refuses to pay Alexandra); their argument is broken up by the police. Razmik (Karren Karagulian), an Armenian cab driver who does an honest days work. He drives all sorts of customers around including 2 drunk guys who puke in his car. At the end of the day, Razmik picks up a prostitute, but ejects her from his cab when he discovers she is not transgender. He meets Alexandra and Fellates her in a car wash, then goes home to eat Christmas dinner with his family. Alexandra goes to the bar for her performance, but no customers have arrived.

Sin-Dee meets Nash (Ian Edwards), another pimp and he says that Chester is standing at a food line that is handing out $20 Christmas vouchers in another part of town. From an acquaintance at the food line, Sin-Dee gets the location of the girl that Chester has been seeing. Sin-Dee finds the woman she is looking for, Dinah (Mickey O'Hagan), at a brothel in a motel. She hauls her onto a bus to find Chester. Nash tells Sin-Dee that Chester is at Donut Time. Dinah taunts her for believing she is Chester's only girlfriend. Sin-Dee realizes she is late for Alexandra's performance and drags Dinah there instead. She reconciles with Dinah as they smoke crystal Meth in the bar bathroom, and Sin-Dee applies Dinah's make-up. Alexandra performs to a mostly empty bar. Eventually the trio leave for Donut Time to confront Chester. Alexandra had paid the joint to let her sing and Dinah finds this sad.

Razmik leaves his family to attend Alexandra's performance, saying he has to work, but discovers he is too late and searches for Sin-Dee. He finds out that Sin-Dee has left for Donut Time. Suspicious, his mother-in-law, Ashken (Alla Tumanian), hails another Armenian cab driver, Karo (Arsen Grigoryan). The driver knows about Razmik's interests, and while initially hesitant, Karo agrees to help her track down Razmik.

Sin-Dee, Alexandra and Dinah reach the donuts shop, where Sin-Dee confronts Chester. He insists Dinah means nothing to him and reveals that he and Sin-Dee are engaged. Dinah insists that she had sex with Chester at least 10 times. Razmik arrives to solicit Sin-Dee, but he is followed by his mother-in-law. Ashken at first thinks Razmik's secret is that he is smoking marijuana, but Chester accidentally explains that he only has sex with prostitutes. She calls Razmik's wife Yeva (Louisa Nersisyan), who arrives with their infant daughter.An argument between the eight escalates until the shop owner Mamasan (Shih-Ching Tsou) kicks them out. Razmik's wife is upset, but she tells her mother to mind her own business. He and his family go back to their apartment. Dinah walks back to the brothel but is told there is no room for her.

Outside the donuts shop, Chester tells Sin-Dee that he also slept with Alexandra. Hurt, Sin-Dee leaves and tries to pick up some clients; they throw urine in her face and drive away shouting trans-phobic slurs. Alexandra takes Sin-Dee to a laundromat to clean her clothes and wig, and gives her her own wig to wear while they wait.

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