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Released 7 years ago.
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Saving Flora
"How far would you go to save a friend?"
2019 1h 35m EN
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 59
AdventureDramaFamily
Synopsis
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Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is two hundred kilometers of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters and the fear of not making it.
“How far would you go to save a friend?”
Cast
Jenna Ortega
Dawn
Martin Martinez
Sebastian
David Arquette
Henry
Leonor Varela
Isabella
Galen Howard
Bob
Tom Arnold
Runyon
Rhea Perlman
Gabriella
Guilford Adams
Art
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mark Drury Taylor
- Writers
- Mark Drury Taylor, David Moss
- Languages
- French, English
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Antonio Fernández Ros. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Julie Janata shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jenna Ortega and Martin Martinez and David Arquette carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to save a friend?".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt5670364 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Mark Drury Taylor directs. Antonio Fernández Ros scores. Julie Janata cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 7 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
- 3Original score by Antonio Fernández Ros. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Julie Janata shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Jenna Ortega and Martin Martinez and David Arquette carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to save a friend?".
- 7IMDB entry: tt5670364 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 9Classified under 15 themes, including "circus", "animal rights", "animal welfare", "escape attempt".
The technical file
- Original score
- Antonio Fernández Ros
- Editing
- Julie Janata
- Production design
- Alessandro Marvelli
- Costume design
- Martin Zepeda
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NR
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Dream Factory Group
CN
FJ Productions
US
Key crew
- CinematographyMichael Marius Pessah
- Art DirectionJoshua Stricklin
- EditorJulie Janata
- EditorTim Lowry
- Costume DesignMartin Zepeda
- Executive ProducerJenny Pellicer
- Set DecorationHeidi Strykiewicz
- Production DesignAlessandro Marvelli
- ProducerAmber Wang
- Co-ProducerClifford Cohen
- ProducerBrad Billington
- Executive ProducerRichard Schwartz
- Executive ProducerCarlos Gabriel Camara
- Executive ProducerAlex Cohen
- Line ProducerJack Sojka
- ProducerFabio Golombek
- Executive ProducerAndrew Yang
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- circus
- animal rights
- animal welfare
- escape attempt
- father daughter relationship
- elephant rescue
- circus elephant
- family adventures
- animal retirement
- true story inspiration
- bureaucratic obstacles
- animal caretaker
- loyal companion
- tender moments
- road journey
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2018-10-22NR· Twin Cities Film Festival
- Digital2019-06-14PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- An Elephant's JourneyUS
- Una Gran AmistadMX
