Section: MIDNIGHT MADNESS

SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE

SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE

Yannis Veslemes
GR/FR, 2024, 86 Min

In a grotesque fever dream of a film, three brothers work on a time machine intended to bring back their deceased mother. Their research is disrupted by a friend and her psychedelic drugs. And Logo, the mysterious financier of the project, is already on his way. An intoxicatingly bizarre genre mix consisting of fantasy, drug film and body-horror.

#feature #fantasy #family

Performance

2024-11-05 | 22:00
Stadthalle
2024-11-07 | 22:00
Stadthalle

In an old, overgrown and run-down mansion, it is mainly the two brothers Hedgehog and Japan who continue their father's research project. Surrounded by preserved animal carcasses, electronic devices and the villa’s historical ornaments, they use their mother's wardrobe to dispatch animals to other dimensions – in part at least. What often remains are dead or mutated creatures, and the last, unknown variables have to be adjusted. Then Dummy, the third brother and loyal assistant brings Samantha, the pharmacist's daughter and his new girlfriend, along. During a night of unrestrained drug consumption and intoxication, Hedgehog has a vision: at her grave his mother prophesies, in the form of a strange flower, that Samantha is the key to the other dimension. SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE is a bizarre, visually fascinating horror story about loss and grief that would not appear to be bound to any time or dimension. The boundaries are fluid. In the constant fog that envelops the house, in the dim light of the chandeliers and in the bright flashes of the time machine, fantastic reality and intoxicated illusions blur together. With a pronounced love of (sometimes unsavoury) detail, the film offers up a disturbing take on the desire to cross the line between life and death.

Text: Merlin Webers

05.11.2024 | 22:00 | Stadthalle (original version with english subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

07.11.2024 | 22:00 | Stadthalle (original version with english subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

 

Drehbuch
Yannis Veslemes
Kamera
Christos Karamanis
Ton
Nikos Exarhos, Persefoni Miliou
Schnitt
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Musik
Yannis Veslemes
Produzent
Fenia Cossovitsa
Co-Produktion
Alexis Perrin
Yannis Veslemes

Yannis Veslemes - Born in Athens in 1979, Yannis Veslemes is a film director aand Music Composer.He has directed feature films such as SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE (2024, premieredin Tribeca), THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL (2018, anthology film /Greek Segment, premiered in SXSW), Norway (2014, premiered in Karlovy Vary). He has releasedMusic records in international labels (Optimo Music, Invisible Inc, MacadamMambo a.o) and has composed numerous Soundtracks for films (Wednesday 04:45, Suntan, cosmic Candy a.o).

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