FILM | FLOWERS

Flowers

Loreak

Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, directors

Spain, 2014

drama

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Ane (played by Nagore Aranburu) is a woman in her early forties who does not feel fulfilled. Her life changes when she starts to receive bouquets of flowers at home anonymously, once a week. The lives of Lourdes (Itziar Ituño) and Tere (Itziar Aizpuru) are also altered by some mysterious flowers. A stranger leaves flowers every week in memory of someone who was important for them.

It premiered in the Official Section of the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and was also screened at the BFI London Film Festival, the Zurich Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It became the first Basque language film nominated for the Goya Award for Best Film.