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Patti Cake$

Patti Cake$

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Patti Cake$

2017

1h 49m

6.6(216 votes)

Music

Drama

Overview

Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

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Stay Gold Features

RT Features

Department of Motion Pictures

Maiden Voyage Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Danielle Macdonald

Danielle Macdonald

Patricia Dombrowski

Bridget Everett

Bridget Everett

Barb Dombrowski

Siddharth Dhananjay

Siddharth Dhananjay

Jheri

Mamoudou Athie

Mamoudou Athie

Basterd

Cathy Moriarty

Cathy Moriarty

Nana

McCaul Lombardi

McCaul Lombardi

Danny

Patrick Brana

Patrick Brana

Slaz

Wass Stevens

Wass Stevens

Nickel

Adam Scarimbolo

Adam Scarimbolo

Pony

John Sharian

John Sharian

Lou

Creative team

Directed by: Geremy Jasper
Written by: Geremy Jasper
Produced by: Michael Gottwald
Dan Janvey

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