After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.
Acting
Simon Rex's career-resurrecting, cringe-perfect narcissist.
Direction
Baker finds humanity in the objectively awful.
Cinematography
Sickly gorgeous Texas oil refinery sunsets.
Director
Sean Baker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Simon Rex was a former MTV VJ and rapper (Dirt Nasty); Baker discovered him through YouTube comedy videos.
Baker shot in Texas City during summer 2020, incorporating real locals and the pandemic's eerie stillness into the background.
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