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  • 2023
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2023
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 46 m
Human Flowers of Flesh

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 Legio...

  • 2023
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2023
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 46 m

Human Flowers of Flesh

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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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 Legio...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
57
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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91
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.
By Leonardo Goi FULL REVIEW
83
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.
By Sophie Monks Kaufman FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 31, 2023
This a film which has all the superficial contours of a profound and intelligent enterprise, but little of the actual content.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
38
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.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fuenferfilm, If You Hold a Stone, Tita Productions
Release Date Apr 14, 2023
Duration 1 h 46 m
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Awards

German Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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