A dark, surreal experience from stage to screen. A first-of-its-kind, vortex of a lesbian John Waters film meets Yellow Rose meets the camp of early Almodóvar on a Lynchian induced trip through the Mojave. Serious Lost Highway vibes!
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“Kristin Condon’s artistry in Serpentine Pink is heartbreaking and raw. Her performance evokes that of similar characters facing profound devastation in Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth and Summer and Smoke. To put it simply, I’m a huge fan.”
Paul Edwards, Direct East Village Queer Film Festival
“It’s a vortex of wild and weird. I’m spellbound.“
“A Future Cult Classic!”
“Wow, what a journey it was.
It’s very clever the way the film has been directed. We especially loved the cinematography and use of symbolism.
The story is a painful and difficult one to tell. However, the talented female-led cast and crew behind the movie convey the message in a powerful and captivating way.“
Charlotte and Natalie, Our Taste for Life – 31 best lesbian films of all time
“It’s symbolic and other worldly and mysterious…I just loved the mystery of it all. Felt very David Lynch, and the language was handled in a way that felt very lived.”
Gina Manziello
“Queer narratives like Serpentine Pink offer a more nuanced representation of domestic abuse often invisible in women on women relationships. The women leading the cast have stellar performances as Henrietta unravels under the weight of her own mind/reality and Jaymee’s emotional intensity builds to the darker psychological themes.
Rich in color and surreal visuals, the film evokes a sense of disorientation, mirroring Henrietta’s psychological state. Serpentine Pink brilliantly uses its secondary characters, motifs, and magical realism to create a dreamlike quality and connect the spirituality between the characters and the land, set in the beautiful and vast Joshua tree.“
Casey Donnelly
“Serpentine Pink captures you as an unapologetic and unnerving confrontation of how to heal, with courage and beauty, from pain. The film is an urgent feeling, a powerful emotion bolstered by powerful performances and fervent imagery, that shakes its audience with its grip—a nurturing one that serves us as it entertains. What a ride!”
Kelly Smead
“It was beautifully surreal and unlike anything I have seen before. Like a Lynchian exploration of trauma and heartbreak only heightened by the raw emotion and dreamlike quality of Megan Breen’9s poetic dialogue, strong performances from all the leads and the oppressive heat of the mythical Joshua Tree setting.”
Shane Sakhrani
Uplifting underrepresented voices both in front of and behind the camera, this is a film that taps into sustainable and innovative filmmaking to immerse viewers into a surreal journey that provokes the senses and entices emotion.
In the wild west of California’s Joshua Tree desert, a solitary biker woman and her dancer lover have to find a way to heal from the wounds of their violent, visceral passion after a violent night brings to surface their past traumas. An ethereal psychic and her shaman companion converge with supernatural forces to confront and then heal the women’s deep-rooted personal pain, long plagued by the toxicity of possessive love.
Serpentine Pink is a visceral neo-noir thriller with eclectic characters that explores how we can confront and heal from deep-rooted emotional trauma.
Director: Vivian Sorenson
Writer: Megan Breen
Cinematographer Elizabeth Hodgman Hanks
Producer Ron Hanks
Executive Producer Larissa DAndrea
Cast: Sabina Zúñiga Varela, Kristin Condon, O-Lan Jones, Michael Harris, Joy Nash, Gregory Cruz.