Florian Zeller Festival: Florida (Floride)

France, 2015, 110'
By: Philippe Le Guay

Cankarjev dom Cinema Florian Zeller Festival: Florida (Floride)

Written by: Jérôme Tonnerre, Philippe Le Guay, based on the play Le Pere by Florian Zeller
Cast: Jean Rochefort, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lucas, Anamaria Marinca

Floride is a 2015 French comedy-drama film based on the 2012 play Le Pere by Florian Zeller. While not scripted by Zeller, the adaptation preserves the spirit of the original with some departures. Eighty-year-old Claude Lherminier stubbornly refuses his daughter's offers of help and caregiving. Although still as imposing as ever, his bouts of forgetfulness and confusion are becoming increasingly frequent. One day, Claude makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to travel to Florida...