''Wild Flowers'' ( es, Girasoles silvestres, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish-French film directed by

Jaime Rosales Jaime Heliberto Rosales Chirinos (born 8 June 1978) is a Honduran former football defender who last played for Platense. Club career Rosales started his professional career at Marathón and played for several clubs in the Honduran league. ...

which stars

Anna Castillo Anna Castillo Ferré (born 9 October 1993) is a Spanish actress. From 2013 to 2016, she played Dorita in soap opera ''Amar es para siempre''. Her film breakthrough came with the role of Alma in the drama '' El Olivo'' (2016) for which she won a ...

alongside

Oriol Pla Oriol Pla Solina (born 1993) is a Spanish actor from Catalonia. Biography Oriol Pla Solina was born in Barcelona in 1993, son to Quimet Pla (founding member of ) and Núria Solina (founding member of ). He made his debut onstage at age 6, later ...

, Quim Àvila, and Lluís Marquès.

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.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Jaime Rosales and Bárbara Díez. The film is a Fresdeval Films, A Contracorriente Films, Oberon Media and Luxbox production, and it had participation from

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and

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and funding from ICAA, ICEC and Creative Europe's

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. Filming began in

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by February 2021. Shooting locations also included

Mataró Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sa ...

Banyoles Banyoles () is a city of 20,168 inhabitants (2021) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The town is the capital of the Catalan Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' "Pla de l'Estany". Although an established indust ...

and

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

Hélène Louvart Helene Louvart (born 1964) is a French cinematographer. She graduated in 1985 from the prestigious École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris. She is a member of French Society of Cinematographers (AFC), the French equivalent of Americ ...

worked as cinematographer.

Release

The film was selected for screening at the

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's official selection, where it was presented on 17 September 2022. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 14 October 2022.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of ''

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'' 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.

Top ten lists

The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2022:

Accolades

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28th Forqué Awards The 28th Forqué Awards, organised by EGEDA, were presented on 17 December 2022 at the IFEMA Palacio Municipal in Madrid. Background The ceremony paid homage to the career of Verónica Forqué, died in December 2021. The nominations were read by ...

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15th Gaudí Awards The 15th Gaudí Awards ceremony, organised by the Catalan Film Academy, will be held on 22 January 2023 at the MNAC's Oval Room. It will be hosted by . Background The awards added three new categories, namely that of Best New Director, Best A ...

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10th Feroz Awards The 10th ceremony of the Premios Feroz, presented by the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España, will talke place at the Auditorio de Zaragoza in Zaragoza, Spain, on 28 January 2023, to recognize the best in Spanish cinema and te ...

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37th Goya Awards The 37th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, is scheduled to take place at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Andalusia on 11 February 2023. Background On 31 May 202 ...

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31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards The 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 13 March 2023 at the Circo Price in Madrid. In addition to the competitive awards, the Ministry of Equality received the '' award, whilst Lola Herrera was bestowed the '' life achi ...

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References

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