Dirty Beautiful

Dirty Beautiful (2015)

A lonely artist brings a young drifter back to his tiny apartment to live with him. Between his obsessive tendencies and her non-stop drinking, something strange happens: they start to care for each other.

Date of release
2015-02-28
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director
Tim Bartell

Casting

Interesting facts

Dirty Beautiful is a 2015 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Tim Bartell. Starring Ricky Mabe and Jordan Monaghan, it depicts the relationship between a struggling writer (Mabe) and a troubled young woman (Monaghan). The film premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival on February 28, 2015, and was distributed by Indie Rights.

Production

Originally entitled Dave & Kat, Dirty Beautiful is Tim Bartell's first feature film. According to Bartell, the film was inspired by an incident when a young homeless woman hitched a ride with him and suggested coming back to his home, but Bartell declined. With Dirty Beautiful, Bartell said he sought to explore what would happen if someone like him took the young woman home.

Production on the film began in 2012. Within the year, Ricky Mabe and Jordan Monaghan were cast the leads. Bartell raised $26,428 for the project, with additional funding provided through a Kickstarter campaign raising $20,730 and an Indiegogo campaign raising $240 for a $47,398 total.

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