Dirty Girl
Some girls are just born dirty
synopsis
Danielle, the high school tramp, is sent to special ed class for one too many inappropriate comments during sex education lessons. There she meets clarke, a shy, gay fat kid with no friends. forced together for a school project, they become unwilling and unfit parents to a bag of flour called “joan”. danielle is determined to get to LA to find her birth father, clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad, so he steals his car. With joan along for the ride, the dysfunctional little family sets off for california with no money — forcing clarke into performing his Flashdance routine at a gay strip club for the prize money. Add a glorious 80’s soundtrack and dirty girl is the most joyful treat since Muriel’s Wedding or Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Dirty Girl stars Juno Temple (Cracks, Year One, Atonement) as dirty girl, Danielle. Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky) co-stars as her hopeless “reformed slut” mother Sue-Ann, William H. Macy as Sue Ann’s easily shockable mormon fiancé Ray, Lisa Kudrow (Friends) as Clarke’s mousy mother, James Woods as Clarke’s homophobic father and introducing Jeremy Dozier as Clarke.
Abe Sylvia, a former broadway dancer (including two years in Cats) and choreographer, retrained as a writer and director at UCLA film school where he won a slew of awards including Jack Nicholson’s Director Award. with a body of award-winning shorts plus commercials for Svedka Vodka, Coca-Cola, and Chrysler under his belt, Dirty Girl, which he also wrote, is his first feature. to view a selection of Abe’s work please visit www.abesylvia.com
