Taglines: Five tales that will f#%! you up for life.
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories where no taboo is left unexplored. Framed as a graphic novel come to life, the film unfolds in five popular neighborhoods of Los Angeles as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.
Satire of Los Angeles stereotypes as told through five interlacing stories, featuring a large ensemble cast where the characters confront taboos and an uncertain, often darkly humorous fate. The segments are based on popular stereotypes of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Westwood and Holmby Hills.
About Five Tales
The Green Eyed Monster
Dedra Davenport (Rosamund Pike) meets the 15 year old daughter (Emily Meade) of her fiance (Dylan McDermott) for the very first time. However, she is soon disturbed by how unhealthy and bordering on incestuous the relationship between the two is.
This Little Piggy
Ginny Bai (Jamie Chung) agrees to participate in an unconventional sex act with her boyfriend Chad Bower (Robert Hoffman). Soon after she begins to slowly lose her mind when she cannot seem to get rid of an odd smell from her finger.
Buyer’s Remorse
A rich and well-recognized West Hollywood gay couple (Peter Macdissi and Anson Mount) decide to adopt a seven-year-old African girl (Tiara McKinney). They prove to be mentally unprepared for the challenges and risks involved in parenthood, especially since she is a decided mute who refuses to speak to them.
Kangaroo Court
A nanny (Lake Bell) for a group of neglected children comes to find some dangerous secrets about the live-in staff at their mansion home.
Maneater
An unidentified man (Nick Stahl) breaks into the apartment of meek woman Sarah Cotton (Zoe Saldana), and rapes her. Sometime later she finds the man’s wallet and is able to track him down and approach him with an unusual request.
Burning Palms
Directed by: Christopher B. Landon
Starring by: Zoe Saldana, Paz Vega, Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Lake Bell, Paz Vega, Shannen Doherty, Emily Meade, Adriana Barraza
Screenplay by: Christopher B. Landon
Production Design by: Linda Burton
Cinematography by: Seamus Tierney
Film Editing by: Gregory Plotkin
Costume Design by: Christie Wittenborn
Set Decoration by: Gia Grosso
Music by: Matthew Margeson
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexuality, violence including a rape, language and drug use.
Studio: New Films International
Release Date: January 14, 2011
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