The Florida Project: social awareness documentary about the the poor community that lives just outside Disney World (may contain spoilers)
Produced by B.F.I. a documentary drama that paints a perfect picture of life from the outside but dig a little to reveal a slice of disadvantaged lives and the damaged environment from the inside. This is an authentic social awareness documentary about the the poor community that lives just outside Disney World, the focus is the rundown motel being used as low income housing.
Willem Defoe is the very likable motel manager struggling to keep control and order but has affection for the tenants, he maintains great chemistry with all the tenants but particularly the latchkey child character 'Moonie' played by unknown actor Brooklyn Prince, who has little adventures and is always getting into trouble and her mother character 'Hayley' played by unknown actor Bria Vinaite, who represents the under life in Florida – single mum, young, poor, heavily tattooed. She takes odd jobs, including sex work to pay bills from week to week. Hayley is a real disgrace and clearly not ready for motherhood.
At the end we see Moonie being collected to be taken into care but she escapes and runs away to Disney World. The ending is an abrupt black screen, leaving the audience to decide what happens next. I enjoyed this look at the world mainly from a child's point of view, but not in an entertaining way, very much in the same way as 'I Daniel Blake' did for me.
It's a tough watch where 5 audience members walked out at various times during my screening (I can't say whether it was too tough for them, or whether it just wasn't their cup of tea due to lack of exploding cars)
Highly Recommended
8/10.
Willem Defoe is the very likable motel manager struggling to keep control and order but has affection for the tenants, he maintains great chemistry with all the tenants but particularly the latchkey child character 'Moonie' played by unknown actor Brooklyn Prince, who has little adventures and is always getting into trouble and her mother character 'Hayley' played by unknown actor Bria Vinaite, who represents the under life in Florida – single mum, young, poor, heavily tattooed. She takes odd jobs, including sex work to pay bills from week to week. Hayley is a real disgrace and clearly not ready for motherhood.
At the end we see Moonie being collected to be taken into care but she escapes and runs away to Disney World. The ending is an abrupt black screen, leaving the audience to decide what happens next. I enjoyed this look at the world mainly from a child's point of view, but not in an entertaining way, very much in the same way as 'I Daniel Blake' did for me.
It's a tough watch where 5 audience members walked out at various times during my screening (I can't say whether it was too tough for them, or whether it just wasn't their cup of tea due to lack of exploding cars)
Highly Recommended
8/10.
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