The Florentine (1999)

  • R
  • 04/19/1999 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 44m

Overview

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 (Michael Madsen), is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough (Burt Young), and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly (Virginia Madsen), is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy (Tom Sizemore), shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco (Jim Belushi) runs a con on Frankie (Luke Perry) to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby (Chris Penn) becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki (Mary Stuart Masterson). 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.

Nick Stagliano

Director

Tom Benson

Writer

Damien Gray

Writer

Cast

Michael Madsen's headshot

Michael Madsen

Whitey
Chris Penn's headshot

Chris Penn

Bobbie
Virginia Madsen's headshot

Virginia Madsen

Molly
Jeremy Davies's headshot

Jeremy Davies

Truby
Luke Perry's headshot

Luke Perry

Frankie
Tom Sizemore's headshot

Tom Sizemore

Teddy Finn
Hal Holbrook's headshot

Hal Holbrook

Smitty
Jim Belushi's headshot

Jim Belushi

Billy Belasco

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