Filmmaker Sean Baker had "The Florida Project" in his head for five years before he could carry it out. In the middle, there was the production of other films, Starlet (2012) and Tangerine (2015), which delayed the making of the original sketch.
One idea, one trigger
When Chris Bergoch, co-writer and producer of the film, helped his mother move to Florida, he was surprised to arrive in the city and see, on the edge of the highway, unemployed families living in motels for tourists.
Children playing close to Disney theme parks was the central idea. "The situation only grew as well as the idea of telling a story in this context," says Bergoch.
From there Baker and Bergoch gave shape to The Florida Project: "we dissect it, we reorganize the scenes, we discard the original ending, but we always kept the idea of telling a story from a child’s point of view," says the director.
The first images of the film reflect that initial spirit: a story of childhood and tenderness within a framework of crisis and problems that plague adults.
The Florida Project, a must-see movie for this 2018!
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