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7.4The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Cast
- Brooklynn Prince as Moonee
- Bria Vinaite as Halley
- Willem Dafoe as Bobby
- Christopher Rivera as Scooty
- Valeria Cotto as Jancey
- Mela Murder as Ashley
Themes
- florida
- friendship
- parent child relationship
- drug addiction
- innocence
- motel
- drug use
- coming of age
- summer
- single mother
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sean Baker
- Written by
- Sean Baker Chris Bergoch
- Produced by
- Sean Baker Chris Bergoch Shih-Ching Tsou Andrew Duncan Alex Saks Kevin Chinoy Francesca Silvestri
- Starring
- Willem Dafoe Brooklynn Kimberly Prince Bria Vinaite Valeria Cotto Christopher Rivera Caleb Landry Jones
- Cinematography
- Alexis Zabe
- Edited by
- Sean Baker
- Production companies
- Cre Film Freestyle Picture Company Cinereach June Pictures
- Distributed by
- A24
- Release dates
- May 22, 2017 ( 2017-05-22 ) ( Cannes ) October 6, 2017 ( 2017-10-06 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 111 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $11.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Florida Project is a 2017 American drama film directed by Sean Baker, written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, and starring Bria Vinaite in her film debut, Brooklynn Prince, and Willem Dafoe, with Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, and Caleb Landry Jones in supporting roles. It was many of the cast members' first film appearance. The slice of life plot focuses on the summertime adventures of a six-year-old girl who lives with her unemployed single mother in a budget motel in Kissimmee, Florida. Their struggle to make ends meet and stave off homelessness takes place in a realistic environment near Walt Disney World, which was code-named "The Florida Project" during its planning stages. It juxtaposes this with the local residents' less glamorous day-to-day lives and the children's joyful adventures as they explore and make the most of their surroundings while remaining blissfully ignorant of the hardships their adult caretakers face.
The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States by A24 on October 6, 2017. It was acclaimed by critics, who praised the performances and Baker's direction; Vinaite earned particular acclaim for her performance. Prince's work earned her a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, while Dafoe was judged to have given "his finest performance in recent memory", receiving Best Supporting Actor nods at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and BAFTA Awards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Florida Project” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.