The Cannes Festival is usually, from a distance, a showcase for some films that we will talk about after half a year or a year, and also for some of the most interesting directors of today for conscientious film buffs. The recent victory of Anora should be a golden opportunity to discover the work of your filmmaker.
Fortunately, Sean Baker has excellent films like Red Rocket that can be found streaming. With Simon Rex as the protagonist, he makes a special tragicomedy about the lie of the American dream that can be seen in Amazon Prime Video Limited Time. June 8 is the last day that will remain in the catalog.
After 17 years of absence, Mikey Saber returns to his hometown, Texas City. Badly injured and destitute, he arrives at the modest house shared by his estranged wife, Lexi, and her mother, Lil, begging them to let him stay. They reluctantly agree, but insist that he find a job and help around the house.
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However, his neighbors are not willing to make it easy for him to return. Nobody wants him again near. The local residents are people whose only way to get ahead is to pose as war veterans and sell military objects or sell drugs on a low scale.
Baker began designing the idea for the film almost a decade before he began shooting it. When researching the adult film industry for another project, He met a series of fascinating people.some who use lip service to exploit workers in this type of films.
‘Red Rocket’: a light gem
That is why the character is totally defined by that charisma and that bewitching facade to be able to get his way, something that many of those who already know him see from miles away. To star in the film he had Simon Rex, who was a professional in the pornographic industry and decided become a fictional actorand manages to totally sell the film’s intentions.
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In any other movie, the guy would be totally irritating and even condemnable. Baker manages to point it out, but also show it close enough to make it interesting for two hours. The film also manages to have a fantastic lightness despite approaching a terrible subject, or the poverty that exists in the United States, becoming a special gem.
You can see Red Rocket in Amazon Prime Video until June 8.
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