Wild Flowers

Girasoles silvestres

63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Julia, aged 22 and mother of two children, falls in love with Óscar. They start an intense and tortuous relationship full of ups and downs. Soon, Julia begins to doubt Óscar’s suitability as a male role model for her children. A violent incident will lead Julia to leave Óscar and look for a better future...

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Jaime Rosales
Script: Jaime Rosales, Bárbara Díez
Cinematography: Hélène Louvart
Editing: Lucía Casal
Sound: Eva Valiño, Nicolás Tsabertidis, José Luis Crespo
Actors: Anna Castillo, Oriol Pla, Quim Àvila, Lluís Marquès, Manolo Solo, Carolina Yuste
Production: Fresdeval Films, A Contracorriente Films, Oberon Media, Luxbox
Producers: Bárbara Díez, Adolfo Blanco, Antonio Chavarrías, Hédi Zardi, Fiorella Moretti
Costumes: Carolina Galiana
Production Design: Victoria Paz Álvarez
Make Up: Patricia Reyes
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Spain, France
Production Year: 2022
Duration: 107΄
Contact: Film Factory Entertainment

Jaime Rosales

After receiving a degree in Business Economics from ESADE, his devotion to film was fostered when he won a scholarship in 1996 to study film at the prestigious International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Havana and then at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney. He has given courses, talks and lectures at numerous universities, film schools and art centers. Of special note among his collaborations and participations are the following: the Prado Museum, Caixa Forum, the Picasso Foundation in Málaga, the Reina Sofía Museum, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Artium Vitoria Museum, CCCB in Barcelona, the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad of Barcelona, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, ECAM, EICTV, ESADE, New York University, Université de Lyon, and IBAFF. In March 2014, he had a full retrospective of his work shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He has received the National Culture Award by the Generalitat de Catalunya and he is been honored Knight of the Arts and Letters by France’s Ministry of Culture.

Filmography

2003 The Hours of the Day
2007 La soledad
2008 Bullet in the Head
2014 Beautiful Youth
2018 Petra
2022 Wild Flowers