Film Days of the Mediterranean: GIRASOLES SILVESTRES – WILD FLOWERS

38th Film Days of the Mediterranean 22.1. – 2.2.2025 Karlstorkino, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69126 Heidelberg, admission € 10, reduced € 7.50, members Medienforum € 6, advance ticket sales online: www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de or at the Karlstorkino (one hour before the first screening until the last film) or at the Montpellier-Haus (during opening hours). Julia, 22 years old and mother of two, falls in love with Oscar. They begin an intense and torturous relationship with many ups and downs. Soon Julia begins to doubt Oscar’s suitability as a male role model for her children. A violent incident finally prompts Julia to leave Oscar and look for a better future. Shot on analog 35mm film stock, Catalan director Jaime Rosales portrays a young mother’s grueling struggle for happiness despite the men in her life in GIRASOLES SILVESTRES. A relentlessly honest film that is carried above all by the brilliant actress Anna Castillo.

Spain, France 2022

Director: Jaime Rosales

Cast: Anna Castillo, Oriol Plá Solina, Quim Ávila, Lluís Marqués, Manolo Solo, Carolina Yuste

106 min. OmeU

Jaime Rosales (*1970 in Barcelona) is a director and screenwriter. He studied film at the renowned International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Havana. He is a Cannes regular with his films. Among other awards, he received the National Culture Prize in Catalonia and was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Françaises .