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.
The Florentine explores themes of debt, loan shark, financial problem. A blend of Drama and Comedy, it is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Runtime: 104 min
Director: Nick Stagliano
Writers: Tom Benson, Damien Gray
Cast: Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Virginia Madsen, Jeremy Davies, Luke Perry, Tom Sizemore, Hal Holbrook, Jim Belushi, Burt Young, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lillo Brancato, James McCaffrey
Rating: 5.7/10 (13 votes)
Budget: $2M
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Themes: debt, loan shark, financial problem, steel town, bookmaker, reflective, bar, independent film
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