Life Is Hot in Cracktown

Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Manny (Victor Rasuk) works 2 jobs: the late shift in an all night bodega surrounded by young junkies, drug dealers, and prostitutes, and as a security guard in a Welfare hotel to provide for his family. Willy, 10-years-old, lives in the Welfare hotel with his sister, mother (Illeana Douglas) and her violent boyfriend, begging on the street so he and Susie can buy some fast food to eat. Romeo (Evan Ross), a street tough, roams the streets with his gang. (texte officiel du distributeur)