"A towering, teetering and exquisitely-wrought puzzle box." - David Jenkins, Little White Lies
"A meditative gem." - Sophie Monks Kaufman, Indiewire
"Wittmann’s daring second feature is a gorgeously immersive, fluid work of cinema." - James Lattimer, Sight and Sound
In this cerebral and meditative cinematic expedition, ship captain Ida (DOGTOOTH’s Angeliki Papoulia) sails from Marseille to Corsica with a crew of five men, none of whom speak the same language, to trace the route of the French Foreign Legion. With a hypnotic pace and arresting visuals (Wittman acts as her own cinematographer and shoots on gauzy, textured 16mm), HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH is slow cinema at its finest, a liminal study of adventure and discovery evocative of Claire Denis’ BEAU TRAVAIL, but charting a course entirely of its own. Film Center exclusive.
Awards & Nominations
Nominee - Golden Leopard, Best Film, Locarno Film Festival
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