The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project
”A precocious girl and her ragtag friends explore their unique world in Florida, while her mother struggles to provide.”
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The world is amazing or terrible to a child's eyes and it is this point of view that we follow in 'Project Florida'. In fact, the colors of the movie seem to refer to the child's imagination. The story takes place in Florida, as the title delivers, and shows a hard American reality that we are not familiar with.
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Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moonee’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they’ve been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.
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