Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a hobby, Flora tries to occupy him with a beat-up acoustic guitar. With the help of a washed-up LA musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Flora and Max discover the transformative power of music. From the musical mind of John Carney, “Flora and Son” explores the bond between a mother and son on a journey toward a new harmony.
Starring
Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jack Reynor, Orén Kinlan
Directed By
John Carney
Produced By
Peter Cron, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole, Anthony Bregman, John Carney
Executive Produced By
Cathleen Dore, Milan Popelka, Alison Cohen
Starring
Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jack Reynor, Orén Kinlan
Directed By
John Carney
Produced By
Peter Cron, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole, Anthony Bregman, John Carney
Executive Produced By
Cathleen Dore, Milan Popelka, Alison Cohen
Category
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Short filmTranscript
00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 Young Max, one more offense and you'll be behind bars.
00:05 Flora, you're his mother.
00:07 Find him something to do.
00:10 What are you doing right now?
00:12 You don't want to know.
00:14 You are a great mother, am I?
00:16 Happy birthday.
00:18 What's that?
00:19 It's yours.
00:20 Don't want to play.
00:20 Since when am I a guitarist?
00:23 I can't go on like this, living in a shoebox
00:25 with a kid who hates me.
00:26 Can't wait for the day I don't have to be here.
00:28 Go on!
00:29 Go back to your dad!
00:31 I might learn the guitar myself.
00:32 That's just how funny.
00:33 Takes years of practice, commitment.
00:36 Are you really going to talk to me about commitment?
00:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:42 We're ready to teach you how to shred the gnar on guitar.
00:47 So you want to learn the guitar?
00:49 This is a gift.
00:50 You can take to your grave.
00:51 What's your problem?
00:52 I didn't know I had a problem.
00:54 You're teaching guitar online, love.
00:56 What are you hoping to get out of this?
00:58 This guitar might make my son think I'm cool.
01:00 I'll be back in an hour.
01:01 I don't care.
01:02 How annoying is he?
01:03 Very annoying.
01:04 What is that?
01:05 Shh.
01:06 Jesus Christ, it's like a club in here.
01:08 Turn it down a second.
01:10 Was that yours?
01:12 How did you make that?
01:13 It sounded epic.
01:14 Come on, girl.
01:15 Let's get in trouble.
01:16 Shake a nut, stir the James Bond from Dublin.
01:18 We've got something real.
01:22 Why don't you ask her out?
01:23 Can I try that on?
01:24 It's too big.
01:25 That's the look.
01:27 Yeah, for turtles.
01:30 She's totally out of my league.
01:31 Let's write a song.
01:32 Just to hear your passion.
01:34 Express yourself.
01:37 She hated it.
01:38 Yo, just get out of my way, woman.
01:40 Gladly.
01:41 I was 17 with a screaming child on me, love.
01:47 This can't be my story.
01:51 But without him, I have nothing.
01:54 How come the way things are are never enough for you?
01:59 They never were.
02:00 Playing the guitar, it's so sexy.
02:11 OK.
02:12 Is that why you took it off?
02:13 Let's focus on you.
02:15 Are you coming on to me?
02:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]