Indeed, Leigh's own
capsule description of his film, published in the Cannes film festival catalog, sounds like the sort of thing Jack Valenti might have come up with for an after - dinner speech: «Secrets and Lies is about roots and identity, the ever - changing images we all have of ourselves and each other, and our compulsive need to reaffirm constantly who and what we are, and where we come from.
But the
capsule description of Tangerine, which premiered at Sundance in January, doesn't do justice to the brashly staged, compassionate
film that Baker has made with his lead actors, Mya Taylor and Kiki Rodriguez, both plucked from the streets
of Los Angeles.