Florence Seidelman of Valencia Isles was standing in the aisle in the Deerfield Cinema 5 talking about her movie.

Boynton Beach Club, the senior romance flick that Florence and her daughter, New York director Susan Seidelman, shot in the adult communities west of Boynton Beach, lingers in about 10 theaters around the country. So Florence, the producer, was doing a cinema chat for about 25 people from Century Village across the street from the theater, still trying to make sure her investors get their money back.

“The studios were not interested in movies for older people,” she told them.

But the film starred Joe Bologna, Sally Kellerman, Dyan Cannon and Brenda Vaccaro, and it found an audience in Florida. So, a distributor picked it up, and it opened nationwide in August. It’s coming out on DVD in February, Susan said by phone, and Florence is hoping the gated communities will show it on movie nights. Some foreign distribution rights have been sold. The movie was still playing at the Boynton Cinema at press time.

Which means this extraordinary adventure will be a wrap for Florence, a retired reading specialist from Philadelphia with no film experience, who wrote a treatment for a screenplay, raised the money to shoot the film, became a casting director for extras, then did some marketing.

She can now call herself a movie producer at 75, should anyone ask over cards, “So Florence, what do you do with yourself?”

Nobody who was touched by Florence’s stardust will ever be quite the same. When one of the featured extras died recently, her obit even listed her film credit.

Take David Cramer of Palm Isles, who started it all by joining the bereavement group at Hochman Jewish Community Center when his wife, Marilyn, Florence’s best friend, died. “I was a loner when that happened. I decided to find myself,” said David, 80, who happily cohabits with Renee Dehnick, whom he met in the group. “You can either live or just mope. I decided to live.”

He told Florence about his dating adventures. She told her daughter, and the rest is history. Len Cariou and Kellerman play them in the movie, and David and Renee have enjoyed their celebrity status in Palm Isles.

“I’ve gotten favorable reactions,” he said demurely.

In the best Hollywood tradition, favoritism, Florence gave her friend, Lois Rosenman, 76, of Valencia Isles, a speaking part during one of the bereavement club meetings.

“I went blank, and that’s very unusual for me,” said Lois, who mentioned it took three takes.

Florence can give you a list of people impacted by the movie. Some friends loaned their homes to the stars during downtime. The homeowners association got involved by allowing crews and trailers to camp out in the parking lots.

Michael Seidelman said he’ll be glad to have his wife back after spending more than two years on the movie.

It has been quite a ride, and Florence acquiesced that this part of her life will be a hard act to follow. “I guess my message is that if you have a goal, go for it.”

Marci Shatzman writes about the adult, gated communities west of Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and in Wellington. You can reach her at .