# Mango Kiss

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{{Infobox film 
  | name = Mango Kiss
  | image = Mango Kiss (film).jpg
  | caption =
  | director = Sascha Rice
  | producer = Sascha Rice<br>Joe Mellis<br>Erin O'Malley
  | writer = Sarah Elisabeth Brown<br>Sascha Rice
  | starring = Danièle Ferraro<br>[Michelle Wolff](/source/Michelle_Wolff)<br>[Sally Kirkland](/source/Sally_Kirkland)
  | music = Matthew Ferraro
  | cinematography = [John Pirozzi](/source/John_Pirozzi)
  | editing = Lauren Giordano<br>Cindy Parisotto
  | distributor = [Wolfe Video](/source/Wolfe_Video)
  | released = {{Film date|2004|3|20}}
  | runtime = 84 minutes
  | country = United States
  | language = English
  | budget =
  }}
'''''Mango Kiss''''' is a 2004 American [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) written Sarah Elisabeth Brown and Sascha Rice, and directed by Sascha Rice. The plot concerns love between two [lesbian](/source/lesbian) friends, Lou and Sassafras.  It is based on the play ''Bermuda Triangles'', written by Sarah Elisabeth Brown. The story for the play was based on the playwright's experience living within the lesbian subculture found in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) in the 1990s.

== Plot ==
Lou falls in love with her best friend Sassafras, who doesn't know. In order to bring their careers as performance artists forward, they move to San Francisco, where they get into the [BDSM](/source/BDSM) scene. Soon they start a princess/daddy role-play: Lou plays out a Sea Captain Daddy role and Sass takes on a brat princess.

==Cast== 
* Danièle Ferraro as Sassafras
* [Michelle Wolff](/source/Michelle_Wolff) as Lou
* [Sally Kirkland](/source/Sally_Kirkland) as Emilia
* Dru Mouser as Leslie
* Tina Marie Murray as Chelsea Chuwawa
* Shannon Rossiter as Micky
* Joe Mellis as Kaz
* Malia Spanyol as Bridget
* Windy Morgan Bunts as Ginny
* Dominique Zeltzman as Sonya
* Lena Zee as Karla
* Alicia Simmons-Miracle as Boss Daddy (billed as Alicia Simmons)
* Laura Baca as Allison
* Max Miller as Val
* Walter Barry as Mr. Fuchsia
* Chris Villa as Mr. Leather (billed as Christopher Villa)
* Delphine Brody as Booze Girl
* Katherine Armstrong as Little Girl on Beach

== Reception ==
Variety's Dennis Harvey calls it "thinly plotted" and writes that the "pic works so hard to render kinkiness precious that the effect is just silly, then downright annoying. Surface elements are saleable enough to give indie production gay-fest legs and decent specialized home-format prospects. Theatrical distribution wooks unwikewy (sic)."<ref>{{Citation | last= Harvey | first= Dennis | title= Mango Kiss | url= https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/mango-kiss-1200540787/ | periodical= Variety | date= 27 June 2003}}</ref> Julie E. Washington of the Plain Dealer gave it a B− and says "There's not much plot in "Mango Kiss".<ref>{{Citation | last= Washington | first= Julie E | title= Modern love still relies on old-time values | url= | periodical= The Plain Dealer  | date= 20 March 2004}}</ref> Connie Ogle in the Miami Herald gave it 3 stars and finishes " You may cringe at a couple of embarrassing candy metaphors and skeptically view Sass' way-too-frank discussions with her mom (Sally Kirkland), but director Sascha Rice never lets ''Mango Kiss'' take itself too seriously. For that, we say: Thank you. ma'am. May we have another?"<ref>{{Citation | last= Ogle | first=Connie | title= Modern love still relies on old-time values | url= | periodical= The Miami Herald | date= 23 April 2004}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 2004
**Park City Film Music Festival (Feature Film: Director's Choice)
*** ''Gold Medal for Excellence''
** Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival
*** ''Best Lesbian Film'' 		-
**Park City Film Music Festival
*** ''Director's Choice Award: Gold Medal for Excellence''
**[North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival](/source/North_Carolina_Gay_%26_Lesbian_Film_Festival)
*** ''Emerging Filmmaker Award: Best Women's Feature''

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mangokiss.com/ Mango Kiss - official Website]
*{{IMDb title|id=0304377|title=Mango Kiss}}
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mango_kiss_2003 rottentomatoes.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070328233238/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Movies/112004/mangokiss.html Review of Mango Kiss]

Category:2004 films
Category:BDSM in films
Category:2004 comedy films
Category:American LGBTQ-related films
Category:Lesbian-related films
Category:American comedy films
Category:2004 LGBTQ-related films
Category:2004 English-language films
Category:2004 American films
Category:English-language comedy films

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