Adderall Cowboy
2023 · 10m · USA
Directed by Margos Margossian
Tones: contemplative, dark, provocative
A young Armenian woman lands in California, meets the wrong guy at a Hollywood party, and slides into dealing Adderall as her version of the American dream. The film calls the corruption irreversible while she keeps reaching for redemption anyway.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Most immigrant-in-LA stories want your sympathy; this one wants you complicit. Tatintsyan wrote herself a part with no exit ramp and that's exactly the kind of nerve I'm scouting for.
Margos Margossian shoots Armenian-immigrant pharma hustle with Hollywood-glamour gloss instead of grim realism — Tangerine's empathy crossed with Buffalo '66's romantic damage. Tatintsyan's script earns the visual choices.
Armenian-immigrant pharma-hustle story told with Hollywood-glamour visuals instead of grim realism — Tatintsyan writing and starring under Margossian's direction is a specific cultural angle on the American-dream-as-corruption trope.
Reviews
Crafted with stylish visuals and acerbic wit, 'Adderall Cowboy' is a contemplation of the current pharma state and the condition of the American dream.