The Florentine (1999)

04/19/1999 (US) • 1h 44m

Drama, Comedy

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, 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.

Top Billed Cast


Recommendations

The Hot Flashes

46%

Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires

75%

Re-Kill

60%

Julieta

70%

Mindhorn

61%

Chungking Express

80%

Eden Lake

68%

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

56%

First Cow

71%

Rubber

59%

King of Beggars

69%

Oppenheimer

80%

Mr. Church

74%

Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow

61%

In the House

72%

Don't Knock Twice

55%

Untamed Heart

69%

Before the Flood

77%

The Firefly

68%

Revoir Paris

71%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,250,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

debt

loan shark

financial problem

steel town

bookmaker

reflective

bar

independent film

© All Rights Reserved 2025