Title: Flora and Son
Original Title: Flora and Son
Year: 2023
Info
- Country: USA Ireland
- Language: English
- Length: 97 Minutes (1 hour 37 min)
- Genre: Comedy Drama Music
- Studios: Film Afrika Worldwide
- Distributor: Apple Studios
Plot
Talent is hereditary. Flora (Eve Hewson) is a single mother, her teenage son is Max (Orén Kinlan) and it's not what you would call a tranquile child. Flore doesn't know what to do with her rebel son. While she is trying to keep him away from trouble and find other activities for him to spend time in something productive she finds an old acoustic guitar in a dumpster.
Directed by John Carney and starred by Eve Hewson, Orén Kinlan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the story of Flora and her son shows how one thing that can be trash for some people can mean the salvation of a small family from Dublin.
The protagonist not only finds a guitar but also meets a musician from Los Ángeles (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who will help Flora entertain her son with her newest acquisition. Between the three of them, they will all learn the transforming power that music has over people.
The movie is from Apple Studios and it's a Likely Story production. It's written and directed by John Carney and produced by him with Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Rebeca O'Flanagan and Robert Walpole. The executive producers are Cathleen Dare, Milan Popelka and Alison Cohen.The music is composed by Gary Clark and the photography is by John Conroy. The film will be distributed in domestic format by Apple TV+.
Cast
Director:
Flora
Kev
Ian
Aishling
Shop Assistant
Therapist
Videos
August 31 2023
Photos
Trivia
Collaboration
The last time John Carney and Jack Reynor collaborated was in 'Sing Street' in 2016.
Reunion
This movie reunites John Carney with actors Jack Reynor, Don Wycherley, Kelly Thornton, Keith McErlean and Marcella Plunkett since his previous film Sing Street (2016). Plunkett was also in Carney's previous 2007 musical film, 'Once'.
For all mothers
In a Q&A with the director of the film in the Sundance Film Festival, John Carney said that 'Flora and son' was a movie dedicated to all mothers, similar to 'Sing Street' which was dedicated to all the brothers.
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