The Florentine
5.6
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of life's disillusioned "losers." Its owner, Whitey, is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough, and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly, is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy, shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco runs a con on Frankie to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki. Every plot in this multi-layered story seems to be at its nadir just as a pair of unlikely heroes emerge out of the backdrop to turn everything around.
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Cast
38 people
Michael Madsen
Whitey
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Chris Penn
Bobbie
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
Rush Hour
Virginia Madsen
Molly
Known for
Swamp Thing
The Number 23
Jeremy Davies
Truby
Known for
Lost
Saving Private Ryan
Luke Perry
Frankie
Known for
Riverdale
The Fifth Element
Tom Sizemore
Teddy Finn
Known for
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Hal Holbrook
Smitty
Known for
Creepshow
Into the Wild
Jim Belushi
Billy Belasco
Known for
K-9
Red Heat
Burt Young
Joe McCollough
Known for
Rocky
Once Upon a Time in America
Mary Stuart Masterson
Vikki
Known for
Five Nights at Freddy's
For Life
Lillo Brancato
Pretty
Known for
A Bronx Tale
Crimson Tide
James McCaffrey
Jack Ryan
Known for
Rescue Me
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Nick Stagliano Director · Tom Benson Writer Damien Gray Writer
Budget $2.2M · United States release March 28, 2000 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,250,000
Production
Initial Entertainment Group
Production
American Zoetrope
Production
NAZZ Productions
Production
March First
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 19, 1999
Premiere · Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
United States · March 28, 2000
Physical · DVD
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