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Flora and Son
Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.
2023 · Directed by John Carney · 97 min · Music · Comedy · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 9 frames
Tagline
Talent is relative.
Plot
Flora, a single mother living in Dublin, is having trouble with her estranged son Max, a rebellious teenage petty thief. Encouraged by the Gardaí to find Max a hobby, Flora rescues an old guitar from a skip and, with the help of a Los Angeles-based online guitar teacher, discovers that one person's rubbish can be another person's salvation.
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Crew
- Written by: John Carney
- Cinematography: John Conroy
- Edited by: Stephen O'Connell
- Music: Gary Clark
- Production design: Ashleigh Jeffers
- Produced by: Rebecca O'Flanagan, John Carney, Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron
Cast
- Eve Hewson as Flora
- Orén Kinlan as Max
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jeff
- Jack Reynor as Ian
- Marcella Plunkett as Kathy
- Paul Reid as Kev
- Don Wycherley as Guard
- Amy Huberman as Aishling
- Callan Cummins as Teenager in Music Shop
- Sophie Vavasseur as Juanita
Production
- Country: Ireland, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Likely Story, FilmNation Entertainment, Fifth Season, Distressed Films
- Themes: musical, dublin, ireland, romance, single mother, teenage boy, music recording, songwriting, mother son relationship, guitar instruction, juvenile delinquency
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