Country: USA
Year: 2017
Duration: 112'
Orlando, Florida. Moonnee is six years old and lives with his young mother at the Magic Castle Hotel, a cheap motel inhabited by penniless families who can’t afford a real home. But the atmosphere is anything but desperate: despite the daily difficulties and the problems which are always lying in wait, Moonee and his little friends have countless adventures, as they explore the terra incognita of theme parks and shops. Watching over this group of little pests and their stricken families is Bobby, who runs the dilapidated motel.
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).
Declaration
film director
“A modern day ‘Our Gang.’ This is how I like to describe The Florida Project […]. ‘Our Gang’ aka ‘The Little Rascals’ – The Hal Roach-produced comedy shorts of the ’20s and ’30s, essentially focused on children who lived in poverty during the Great Depression. But their economic state was the backdrop. The children’s humorous adventures were the focus.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, montaggio/director, film editing
Sean Baker
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
fotografia/cinematography
Alexis Zabé
scenografia/production design
Stephonik Youth
costumi/costume design
Fernando A. Rodriguez
musica/music
Matthew Hearon-Smith
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Willem Dafoe (Bobby), Brooklynn Kimberley Prince (Moonee), Bria Vinaite (Halley), Valeria Cotto (Jancey), Christopher Rivera (Scooty), Caleb Landry Jones (Jack)
produttori/producers
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Shih-Ching Tsou, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Kevin Chinoy, Francesca Silvestri
produzione/production
Cre Film, Freestyle Pictures
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contatti/contacts
Cinema
Valerio De Paolis
cinema@cinemasrl.com
www.cinemasrl.com
Sean Baker
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
fotografia/cinematography
Alexis Zabé
scenografia/production design
Stephonik Youth
costumi/costume design
Fernando A. Rodriguez
musica/music
Matthew Hearon-Smith
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Willem Dafoe (Bobby), Brooklynn Kimberley Prince (Moonee), Bria Vinaite (Halley), Valeria Cotto (Jancey), Christopher Rivera (Scooty), Caleb Landry Jones (Jack)
produttori/producers
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Shih-Ching Tsou, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Kevin Chinoy, Francesca Silvestri
produzione/production
Cre Film, Freestyle Pictures
**
contatti/contacts
Cinema
Valerio De Paolis
cinema@cinemasrl.com
www.cinemasrl.com
