Flora and Son
"Talent is relative."
MusicComedyDrama
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.
🎬 DirectorJohn Carney
📅 Release2023-09-21
🌍 CountryIreland, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioLikely Story, FilmNation Entertainment, Fifth Season
🗳 Votes225
🔥 Popularity3
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🎭 Cast
Eve Hewson
Flora
Orén Kinlan
Max
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jeff
Jack Reynor
Ian
Marcella Plunkett
Kathy
Paul Reid
Kev
Don Wycherley
Guard
Amy Huberman
Aishling
Callan Cummins
Teenager in Music Shop
Sophie Vavasseur
Juanita
Margarita Murphy
Lawyer
Alex Deegan
Samantha
Harvey Hutchinson
Keith
Melissa Morefield
Ukulele Girl
Keith McErlean
Barry
🎥 Crew
Director
John Carney
Director of Photography
John Conroy
Executive Producer
Alison Cohen
Producer
Rebecca O'Flanagan
Producer
Peter Cron
Producer
Anthony Bregman
Writer
John Carney
Executive Producer
Milan Popelka
Executive Producer
Cathleen Dore
Editor
Stephen O'Connell
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
musicaldublin, irelandromancesingle motherteenage boymusic recordingsongwritingmother son relationshipguitar instructionjuvenile delinquency
💬 Reviews
The hype swirling around this romantic/creative saga about how the power of love and art can solve virtually any problem has indeed been palpable, but the finished product unfortunately fails to live up to its ambitious billing. Writer-director John Carney’s latest feature tells the story of Flora (Eve Hewson), a Dublin working class single mom with questionable values who’s struggling to rais…
There's not a great deal of plausibility with this story, but I still really quite enjoyed it. "Flora" (Eve Hewson) has a sort of hate/hate relationship with her pretty wayward fourteen year old lad "Max" (Orén Kinlan) as she struggles to make ends meet while his dad "Ian" (Jack Reynor) has shacked up with his new, pseudo-Spanish, girlfriend. "Max" is a typical unruly kid: into petty theft, a gir…
Writer / director John Carney is the master of making crowd-pleasing films for music lovers, and his latest won’t disappoint. “Flora and Son” is a terrific addition to his filmography (“Once,” “Begin Again,” “Sing Street“) and it fits in quite nicely with a simple, tidy story that’s easily accessible to all audiences. Flora (Eve Hewson) is a young, sassy divorced mom to deli…
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