Human Flowers of Flesh

Name: Human Flowers of Flesh
Genre: Drama
Released: April 14, 2023
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Aggeliki Papoulia, Denis Lavant, Ferhat Mouhali, Gustavo Jahn, Ingo Martens

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Cinema Guild | Release Date: April 14, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Aggeliki Papoulia, Denis Lavant, Ferhat Mouhali, Gustavo Jahn, Ingo Martens, Mauro Soares, Nina Villanova, Steffen Danek, Vladimir Vulevic

Summary: After a stirring encounter with the French Foreign Legion, Ida (Angeliki Papoulia), sets sail with her own corps of five men, none of whom speak the same language, to trace the route of this fabled troop. Their voyage will take them from Marseille to Corsica and finally to Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, the historical headquarters of the Legion.After a stirring encounter with the French Foreign Legion, Ida (Angeliki Papoulia), sets sail with her own corps of five men, none of whom speak the same language, to trace the route of this fabled troop. Their voyage will take them from Marseille to Corsica and finally to Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, the historical headquarters of the Legion. Along the way, boundaries blur. Life at sea produces a special kind of mutual understanding. A legionnaire of yore makes an about-face. … Expand

Director: Helena Wittmann

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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The Film Stage Leonardo Goi

Mar 31, 2023

Flowers, in that, feels both ancient and novel. It’s a film whose visual experiments invite one to see the world anew, even as the demons that fuel it harken back to a passion for storytelling that’s as old as time itself. Read full review

IndieWire Sophie Monks Kaufman

Aug 8, 2022

Human Flowers of Flesh becomes stranger and more liminal until one is literally lost at sea. This frustrating condition is not without its pleasures and consolations. The question of what the title is referencing provides a poetic source of intrigue. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Apr 13, 2023

There is little story beyond the snatches of conversation we receive, but Human Flowers of Flesh brims with visual and aural detail from the rocky coasts and gurgling reefs. Read full review

Neil Young

Mar 31, 2023

This a film which has all the superficial contours of a profound and intelligent enterprise, but little of the actual content. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Apr 10, 2023

There’s an emptiness to Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh that no amount of striking cinematography, thematic suggestion, and allusions to Jean Painlevé can disguise. Read full review

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