SummaryAne (Nagore Aranburu) lives a quiet unfulfilled life, trapped in a seemingly loveless marriage, until she suddenly starts to receive bouquets of flowers anonymously, once a week. Meanwhile, Tere (Itziar Aizpuru) wants nothing more than a grandchild, but her only son Beñat (Josean Bengoetxea) and his wife Lourdes (Itziar Ituño) have other plans. A... Read More
Directed By:Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga
Written By:Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga
Flowers
Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
62% Positive
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Dec 3, 2015
88
Flowers is a quiet, eloquent movie about big, overwhelming emotions, and the constant presence of its eponymous plants, in all kinds of colors and shapes, is a metaphor for the ways in which we respond to what life throws at us, be it a sudden trauma, a perpetual state of melancholy or an unexpected opportunity for romance. Some people blossom and bloom; others wither and give up.
Jan 7, 2016
75
The flowers in Flowers are touchstones, reminders of a person, but more significantly of the conflicted feelings shared by the three main women in the picture.
Nov 4, 2015
67
The film is undercut by long metaphorical stretches that dampen their impact.
Oct 29, 2015
60
To its benefit, it has rich roles for, and splendid performances by, its three principal actresses. To its detriment, their characters are each in their own way pining for the same man, whose simple actions in life seem undeserving of their considerable exertions after his demise.
Jan 14, 2016
50
A melancholy Spanish drama that’s competently made and checks off all the boxes defining a contemporary art-house movie. But it lacks the spark that separates top-of-the-line films from the pack, and watching it becomes something of a slog.
Oct 30, 2015
50
It contains nothing to offend, but nothing to surprise or inspire, either.
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Universal Acclaim
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Jun 9, 2016
10
At first it seems like they're all too weird and wacky to be in any measure relatable, it seems like it's too gloomy and depressing, and like you don't even know what's going on.... but then you watch another episode, and another and find yourself crying in the heart-breaking finale and searching for the wonderful soundtrack and repeating your favourite scenes over and over again. And finally rating it 10/10 and saying - to your own surprise - that this hidden gem, this little-known masterpiece is one of the best pieces of cinema to come out of Britain. It's astounding how this series can grow on you, how seemingly irrelevant and zany it at first appears to be, only to bloom into something few other series can even dream of matching.
Production Company:
- Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco
- Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB)
- Euskaltel
- Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
- Irusoin
- Moriarti Produkzioak
- Televisión Española (TVE)
Release Date:Oct 30, 2015
Duration:1 h 39 m
Tagline:Solo son flores
Awards
Feroz Awards, ES
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Toulouse Cinespaña
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
