Carmelita Tropicana

Overview

Performance artist, Carmelita Tropicana, lives in Manhattan's East Village, by Hamilton Fish Park. After a performance one night, she's mugged by a knife-wielding thief. The next day, in a clash with anti-abortion protesters in front of a woman's health clinic, Carmelita is arrested, along with her lively friend Orchida and her sort-of up-tight and wannabe-wealthy sister, Sophia. They're placed in a cell with another woman, who turns out to be last night's mugger, a down-and-out young woman named Cordelia (Dee). Relationships between each pair of women and among the four of them go through changes as the afternoon passes.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 1, 1994

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Spanish

Countries

United States of America

Production

ITVS

Cast

Livia Daza-Paris,John Lanzillotto,Sophia Ramos,Alina Troyano,Anne Iobst

Director

Ela Troyano

Writer

Alina Troyano,Ela Troyano

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0106520