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Wonder Wheel - starring Kate Winslet
The Florida Project
Is about a little girl & her mom, living in Florida, near the place 'where dreams come true'.
The mom, is a young, single mom, mid 20s thereabout.
She doesn't work, she doesn't like to work and would rather be on social welfare.
She is not a bad-hearted person, she minds her own business most of the time, until she gets challenged or unfairly criticized, she becomes brash, aggressive and vulgar (which happens rather frequently).
It was summer holidays, the kids were on school break.
They have too much idling time in their hands, unfortunately the lead girl is the one who always comes up with mischief and eggs her friends on. She is an effective influence but in a bad way. She only has 2 close friends, the boy being the son of her mom's best friend.
The kids will try to earn some pocket money by hustling the tourists, mostly tourists who had booked the wrong motel when they had intended to book a hotel that is nearer to Disneyland.
Out of desperation (got to foot the rent of about $35 daily) the mom's sold her body as a temporary coping means while still putting up an optimistic front, thinking that no one will notice.
The motel manager, though stern in chasing for rent from the regular residents, tries to keep a lookout for his residents, especially the kids, despite them being a nuisance mostly.
Warning a paedophile suspect to get lost
The mom makes end meet by selling fake perfumes, paddling her goods to tourists, being warned against it and risking being caught.
Kids playing hide & seek all over the motel, manager tries to put up with kids being kids.
When your BFF doesn't want to be friends anymore, it hurts like hell. Especially when she doesn't want to tell you why she's breaking up with you.
The mom acted it out at the BFF's workplace. It was ugly and tensed.
(The truth was that the kids burnt down an empty house and the BFF lady didn't want her son to hangout with the little girl anymore. But because the stunt was too huge, the kids didn't admit to wrong doings, the mom didn't know since her BFF also didn't want to bring up her suspicion on the kids' misadventure. All she wants is to break off the friendship. So that's messy.)
Smashed the food from BFF's cafe, out of hurt and anger.
Manager's son told manager that he can't be helping out at his beck and call.
Asked manager to tell his boss to get an extra hand to help.
Rooms at motel not meant to be rented on long term basis. They have to check-out for a day every month end.
But no other motel welcomes them because....... she can become very aggressive. Just look at her -_-
When all you have is your friend.
Happiness is a mirage, girls. Don't chase it!
The mom brought her girl and her girl's BFF to celebrate the BFF's birthday with a cupcake and watching fireworks from Disneyland, from the outskirts that is.
carefree playing in the rain
carefree singing & dancing while cleaning up their room
Mom had to swallow her pride to go back to her ex-BFF to borrow money for rent.
Only to be turned down with sarcasm.
They went to eat for free at another hotel, by pretending to be guests there and giving room numbers of unsuspecting guests.
Eventually, the child protective services intervened.
Girl ran for a mile to find her BFF before being taken away.
To bid a tearful goodbye.
Demure friend didn't quite get it.
Why are you crying?
I can't say it................ GOOOOOODBBBBYYEEEEEE..............
Friend got very upset (inside)
Took her hand and ran
ran past all the merry places,
merry stores oblivious to their world of welfare.
ran past merry-making tourists.
to the place they longed to go, to the place where everything merry comes alive, is just at their doorstep all the while. They've had enough, they had to get there before their chance runs out.
