Packed with the vague homeless who can’t manage the cost of an appropriate convenience, the Magic Castle, a pompously painted rundown inn in the shadow of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, is the ugly world the striving ex-stripper single parent, Halley, and her valiant six-year-old girl, Moonee, call home. Nonetheless, despite the fact that, according to the mischievous lady, this spot is a mystical jungle gym of endless experience and a merry ideal world settled inside honesty’s defensive air pocket.
The deception of a lighthearted life comes at an exorbitant cost, as youthful Halley faces progressively wild challenges to earn enough to get by. Furthermore, throughout a single summer, youth’s wide-eyed snapshots of miracle, matched with the crazy offenses of youth and an inescapable terrible showdown. They will attempt to flaw the sacred mother-and-girl idyll. However, do shadows exist in the domain of imagination?
The Florida Project
R
Duration: 1h 51min
Release Date: 10 November 2017 (United Kingdom)
Genres: Drama
Director: Sean Baker
IMDb: 7.6
Box Office Collection
Budget: $2,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada: $5,904,366
Opening weekend US & Canada: $157,553 Oct 8, 2017
Gross worldwide: $10,971,298
Awards:
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2018 |
Best Intergenerational Film |
AFI Awards, USA 2018 |
Movie of the Year |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe Best Breakthrough Performance Brooklynn Prince |
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2017 |
Special Jury Award Sean Baker |
Atlanta Film Critics Circle 2017 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Austin Film Critics Association 2018 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Awards Circuit Community Awards 2017 |
Honorable Mentions Sean Baker |
Black Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Bodil Awards 2019 |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) Sean Baker |
Boston Online Film Critics Association 2017 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2017 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2018 |
Best Young Actor/Actress Brooklynn Prince |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2017 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 |
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe |
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US 2018 |
Heterodox Award Sean Baker |
CinEuphoria Awards 2019 |
Top Ten of the Year – International Competition Sean Baker Best Director – International Competition Sean Baker |
Casts
Brooklynn Prince | Moonee (as Brooklynn Kimberly Prince) |
Christopher Rivera | Scooty |
Aiden Malik | Dicky |
Josie Olivo | Grandma Stacy |
Valeria Cotto | Jancey |
Edward Pagan | Dicky’s Dad (as Edward ‘Punky’ Pagan) |
Bria Vinaite | Halley |
Patti Wiley | Amber |
Jasineia Ramos | Luci |
Willem Dafoe | Bobby |
Writing Credits
Sean Baker | (written by) & |
Chris Bergoch | (written by) |