Desi's Looking for a New Girl
Desi's Looking for a New Girl is a 2000 American
Synopsis
Desi (Desi del Valle) is a young Latina artist living in San Francisco, and is involved in the Latina lesbian scene there. She becomes depressed when her girlfriend leaves her. Efforts by her friends to set her up with various women fail, as each blind date is more comical than the last, and Desi finds each to be "Ms. Wrong". The story is told by one of Desi's friends, skateboarder JT (Yesenia Aguirre), who in her own storyline dreams of meeting comic Marga Gomez, her idol.
Cast
- Desi del Valle as Desi
- Yesenia Aguirre as JT
- Marga Gomez as herself
- Sandra Carola
- Rosa Medina
- Michelle T. Cordero
- Richard A. Bracho
- Alisa Rodriguez
- Janelle Jacoo
- Colman Domingo as Mother
Release
Desi's Looking for a New Girl premiered at the 2000 San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Reception
The Curves magazine review, on the other hand, calls the film "a fun and uniquely told story of life after a long-term relationship ends." Reviewer Lauren Shiro called the love and support between the characters "palpable" and "very endearing", and opined that the storytelling sweeps the viewer in, making "you feel very much like a part of the story."[3]
The film has been cited in several books and academic papers on Latina and lesbian Latina cultural representation.[4][5]
Awards
- 2000 L.A. Outfest - Mary Guzmán won the Outstanding Emerging Talent award (tied with Patrik-Ian Polk for Punks(2000))
See also
References
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (17 July 2000). "Desi's Looking For A New Girl". Variety. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Shen, Ted (26 October 1985). "Desi's Looking for a New Girl". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Shiro, Lauren. "Kamikaze Hearts and Desi's Looking for a New Girl". www.curvemag.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ISBN 9780813548531.
- ISBN 9781563089459.
External links
- Desi's Looking for a New Girl at IMDb