HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH

Notable for her roles in films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek actress Angeliki Papoulia has been cast by Helena Wittmann in her second feature as Ida, a woman in her 40s, who is living with a crew of five on a sailing yacht. During a shore leave in Marseille, the French Foreign Legion attracts Ida’s attention and she sets herself a new goal: to travel across the Mediterranean to the Algerian town of Sidi-Bel-Abbes, the Legion’s headquarters until independence in 1962.

HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH, which wrapped on location in mid-September, was presented at this year’s Locarno Film Festival as part of its special international “Films After Tomorrow” selection and marks the second collaboration between Fünferfilm and Wittmann after her debut DRIFT premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017.