
It’s rare that a film has an audience kicking their feet and giggling like a group of schoolgirls for two hours, only to end with the entire room sat deathly still, in complete silence, tear-streaked and contemplative.
But that’s Sean Baker for you. The latest project, which stormed the Oscars, from the American filmmaker, whose previous credits include The Florida Project, Red Rocket and Tangerine, is hardly unfamiliar territory.