A sensation at the Cannes, Toronto and New York film festivals (it opens Oct. 6), the movie is set at the Magic Castle motel near Orlando, a sun - kissed
lavender flophouse where Halley (Bria Vinaite), a ne'er - do - well sexpot with exploding rose tattoos and hair dyed the color of fiberglass, lives with her 6 - year - old daughter, Moonee (the remarkable Brooklynn Kimberly Prince).