THEME EXPLORATION

floral symbolism

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Undine
Undine
2020 · Christian Petzold
Blue Propeller
Blue Propeller
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977 · Jean Rouch
The Greaser’s Gauntlet
The Greaser’s Gauntlet
1908 · D.W. Griffith
King-Size Woman
King-Size Woman
1965 · Bruce Beresford
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977 · Mai Zetterling
Death of Sentiment
Death of Sentiment
1962 · Peter Greenaway
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Royal Blossom
Royal Blossom
2021 · Todor Chapkanov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films, particularly 'The Decameron' and 'Canterbury Tales', use flowers and botanical imagery as metaphors for desire, corruption, and the sacred within profane human experience.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic cinema, especially 'In the Mood for Love' and '2046', employs flowers, plants, and floral patterns as symbols of ephemeral beauty, longing, and the passage of time.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films like 'Stalker' and 'The Mirror' integrate natural flora and botanical spaces as spiritual symbols representing memory, transcendence, and humanity's connection to the divine.