Country: USA
Year: 2008
Duration: 100'
Lucky is an illegal immigrant from Ghana in New York. He lives “Manhattan’s wholesale clothing district is the most vibrant part of
in the Fashion District and earns his keep selling counterfeit goods to
buyers and tourists. His best friend too, Levon, a Lebanese-Armenian,
sells pirate versions of major brands. Lucky divides his free time between
his friend and his girlfriend and anything seems possible for him in the
neighbourhood. But his world is turned upside down by the arrival
of a former girlfriend who literally thrusts a child into his arms, assuring
him its his, and then makes off.
the city. Even though I’d lived in Manhattan for close to 20 years, every
time I entered the district, I felt that I was experiencing the city for
the first time. I was quite aware of the feeling that the district gave me,
and realised that placing a child in the centre of this chaos would
not only be dramatic, but hopefully get the audience.”
Biography
film director
Sean Baker
Sean Baker (New York, USA, 1971) graduated from the New York University Film School. He has written and directed the feature films Take Out (2004) and Prince of Broadway (2008), which made a name for him on the international festival circuit. This latter film won the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Torino Film Festival, a Special Mention at the 2008 Locarno Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2012 he returned to the Torino Film Festival with Starlet, for which he received the Junior Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival. With Tangerine (2015), also shown in Torino, won in many festival, included Mar del Plata, Karlovy Vary and Palm Springs. The Florida Project premiered at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes this year.
FILMOGRAFIA
Four Letter Words (cm, 2004), Take Out (2004), Fur on the Asphalt: the Greg the Bunny Reunion Show (cm, 2005), Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), Snowbird (cm, 2017), The Florida Project (2017).
Cast
& Credits
regia, fotografia, montaggio/director, cinematography, film editing Sean Baker
sceneggiatura/screenplay Sean Baker, Darren Dean
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design Stephonik Youth Baker
suono/sound Dave Grohman
interpreti e personaggi/cast and carachters
Prince Adu (Lucky), Karren Karagulian (Levon), Aiden Noesi (Prince), Kat Sanchez (Linda), Keyali Mayaga (Karina), Victoria Tate (Nadia)
produttore/producer Darren Dean
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Cre Film
sceneggiatura/screenplay Sean Baker, Darren Dean
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design Stephonik Youth Baker
suono/sound Dave Grohman
interpreti e personaggi/cast and carachters
Prince Adu (Lucky), Karren Karagulian (Levon), Aiden Noesi (Prince), Kat Sanchez (Linda), Keyali Mayaga (Karina), Victoria Tate (Nadia)
produttore/producer Darren Dean
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Cre Film
TFF
prizes
