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Wild Flowers (2022 film)
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Wild Flowers (Spanish: Girasoles silvestres)[1] is a 2022 Spanish-French film directed by Jaime Rosales which stars Anna Castillo alongside Oriol Pla, Quim Àvila, and Lluís Marquès.
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Plot
The plot tracks Julia, a 22-year-old single mother with a strong zest for life who falls romantically for a conflictive man, Óscar, also meeting another two men with different backgrounds.[2]
Cast
- Anna Castillo as Julia[3]
- Oriol Pla as Óscar[3]
- Quim Àvila as Marcos[4]
- Lluís Marquès as Alex[5]
- Manolo Solo as Roberto[6]
- Carolina Yuste as Maite[5]
- Diana Gómez as Magalí[5]
Production
The screenplay was penned by Jaime Rosales and Bárbara Díez.[3] The film is a Fresdeval Films, A Contracorriente Films, Oberon Media and Luxbox production,[7] and it had participation from RTVE, TV3 and Movistar+ and funding from ICAA, ICEC and Creative Europe's MEDIA.[8] Filming began in Barcelona by February 2021.[9][8] Shooting locations also included Mataró, Banyoles and Melilla.[10][2] Hélène Louvart worked as cinematographer.[4]
Release
The film was selected for screening at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection,[1][11] where it was presented on 17 September 2022.[12] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[13] it was theatrically released in Spain on 14 October 2022.[3]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily considered that the film signals "an interesting step towards the mainstream" by Rosales, featuring a "captivating, sometimes wrenching, and always relatable central performance" by Castillo.[6]
Top ten lists
The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2022:
- 3rd — ABC (Oti Rodríguez Marchante)[14]
- 3rd — El Cultural (Mariona Burrull)[15]
- 7th — Cadena SER (Elio Castro)[16]
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References
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