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The Florida Project
Why this pick
Like Waves, it finds aching tenderness inside a pressured family environment, balancing vivid colour and kinetic intimacy with compassion for people weathering hardship.
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MOVIE2019 2h 15m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family as they come together after a loss—a heartrending story of compassion in dark times.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Tyler
Taylor Russell
Emily
Sterling K. Brown
Ronald
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Catharine
Alexa Demie
Alexis
Lucas Hedges
Luke
Clifton Collins Jr.
Bobby