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Zola

Name: Zola
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2021-06-30
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6.185

★ 6,2 /10 (290 Votes)

2021 EN 86 min

Overview

A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.

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Release date

30/06/2021

Votes

290

Popularity

3.1

Y'all wanna hear a story?

Genres

Comedy Crime Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

86 min

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$3,500,000

Website

a24films.com

Taylour Paige

Zola

Riley Keough

Stefani

Colman Domingo

Nicholas Braun

Derrek

Ari'el Stachel

Sean

Nelcie Souffrant

Gail

Nasir Rahim

Jonathan

Jason Mitchell

Dion

Ts Madison

Hollywood

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Latasha Glenn

Dancer

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Kalesha Johnson

Dancer

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Natalie Mimms

Dancer

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Shadae Mitchell

Dancer

Oleika Redd

Dancer

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Tommy Foxhill

Tommy Tony

Ben Bladon

Kay

Tony DeMil

Joe

Ernest Emmanuel Peeples

Hee

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Joseph Sanders

Liquor Store Clerk

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Brett Chesebro

Caller

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Carl Collanus

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Jay Dersahagian

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Rusty Dumhoff

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Mark Fiedler

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Alex Flash

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Matt Harding

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Richard Lariviere

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Bob Lawton

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Ernest Lee Wilson, Jr.

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Josh Locy

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Pedro Armando Medina

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Thomas Nash

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Bill Pierce

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Michael Worden

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Kyle Williams

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Andrew Romano

Hotel Waiter

Sophie Hall

Baybe

Angelo Diaz

Juan

Rico Paris

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Michael Aceveda

Juan

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Anibal Echevarria Bonet

Juan

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Max Guevara

Juan

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Harold Hernandez

Juan

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David Rodriguez

Juan

Bernard Lyght

Man Pulled Over

Michael Opal

Cop

Eric Salas

Cop

Doug Walker

Steel Drum Player

Jarquale Stewart

Drew Rin Varick

Man At Pool

Megan Hayes

Joan (uncredited)

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“You wanna hear a story about why me and this b--ch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” On paper (or on an iPhone screen), “Zola” sounds like one of the worst ever ideas for a feature-length film. Based on a real-life Twitter thread between a Hooters waitress and a stripper, this stranger than fiction story played out over social media in 2015 — and damn if it doesn’t make for a wildly original, outrageously entertaining movie. Zola (Taylour Paige) meets Stefani (Riley Keough) at a restaurant in Detroit, where the two begin chatting about their common interest: pole d…

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Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/american-nightmare-zola-review<a> Janicza Bravo’s long-awaited star of Sundance, _@zola_, could not feel more timely, despite the year-long delay. Adapted from the viral Twitter thread of 2015 by Aziah “Zola” King, @zola tells the story of a trip to Tampa gone horribly wrong. After a chance meeting in a Detroit restaurant, Zola (an impeccable Taylour Paige) agrees to accompany Stefani (Riley Keough), Stefani’s roommate X (Colman Domingo), and Stefani’s boyfriend (Nicolas Braun) on a trip to Tampa to earn money…

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Different, but I actually liked it. <em>'Zola'</em> takes a few scenes to get into it and to get used to the stylistic choices, namely with the editing and dialogue, though by the end I did in fact enjoy this film. It's a bonkers story, one that I semi heard about when it became known that a film was going to be made based on a thread of tweets. It's probably much better than it was any right to be in truth, all things considered, but the filmmakers made it work and deserve credit for that - and also for the astutely chosen short run time, too. The acting talent bring noteworthy perfo…

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