The Florida Project follows the lives of a few people and apartments, all surrounding the 6 year old girl Moonee. Raised in a white trash environment, not too far away from Disney World, the free spirited child enjoys the spoils of life, while together with her mother and playing with children around her, she leaves her mark on the people around them.

Willem Dafoe plays the caretaker of the motel it all takes place, whose patience is tested to its limits. Each character experiences their own hardship in the story though.