Talky and amateurish, WHITE TRASH aspires to wring art from the miserable lives of street hustlers, but fails dismally.
Casino (John Hartman) and Rio (Sean Christiansen) are young Los Angeles street hustlers with few ambitions. Their roommate, seventeen-year-old Rita (Periel Marr)--also a prostitute--has recently found a focus for her life: she's pregnant by her boyfriend CC (Brian Patrick), and wants to have the
baby, though she continues to hustle and use drugs. CC's death from AIDS precipitates a crisis in their lives. First, they must get wasted enough to make it through his funeral, a task made difficult by the fact that they're all broke. Rita sleeps with ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins