THE FLORIDA PROJECT

Set in the shadow of the most magical place on Earth, 6-year-old Moonee and her two best friends forge their own adventures. Meanwhile Moonee’s struggling mom and a kindhearted motel manager protect the kids from the harsh reality that surrounds them.

Has there recently been a U.S. indie that renders a child’s eye-view as other-worldly as The Florida Project? In his radiant follow-up to Tangerine, director Sean Baker dilutes the unsettled grain of life at the margins with the loud, untainted energy of infancy. A neorealist fable for the ages!