PINK FLAMINGOS
Genre
Comedy, Satiric
Language
VOA
Duration
93
Rating
Synopsis
PARC AT MIDNIGHT
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine lives in a caravan with her mad hippie son Crackers and her mother Mama Edie, trying to rest quietly on their laurels as 'the filthiest people alive'. But competition is brewing in the form of Connie and Raymond Marble, who sell heroin to schoolchildren and kidnap and impregnate female hitchhikers, then sell the babies to lesbian couples. Finally, they challenge Divine directly, and battle commences.
‘’Like Carl Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc or Robert Bresson’s The Trial of Joan of Arc, John Waters’ Pink Flamingos depicts a visionary’s trials, faith, and ultimate sanctification. But the film, which follows the comic quest of Divine—the name of both actor and main character, Waters’ icon of beatific turpitude—turns the concept of transcendence inside out. Here, Divine’s calling is to be acknowledged as “the Filthiest Person Alive,” hers is the Church of the Supermarket Tabloid, and her banner flies for deviants of every cracked fetish and persuasion under the midnight sun.’’ (CRITERION.COM)
Release year
1972
Release date
April 03, 2026
Directed by
John Waters
Country
United States
Actors
Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills