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Wikipedia article




'Loreak', released in the US as 'Flowers', is a 2014 Basque-language Spanish drama film directed by Jon Garao and Jose Mari Goenaga.

It premiered in the Official Section of the 2014 San Sebastin International Film Festival, and was also screened at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival, the 2014 Zurich Film Festival, the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival and the 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

It became the first Basque language film nominated for the Goya Award for Best Film. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, being the first Basque language film to do it, but it was not nominated.

Plot



Ane (played by Nagore Aranburu) is a woman in her early forties who does not feel fulfilled. Her life changes when she starts to receive bouquets of flowers at home anonymously, once a week. The lives of Lourdes (Itziar Ituo) and Tere (Itziar Aizpuru) are also altered by some mysterious flowers. A stranger leaves flowers every week in memory of someone who was important for them.

Cast



*Nagore Aranburu as Ane

*Itziar Ituo as Lourdes

*Itziar Aizpuru as Tere

*Josean Bengoetxea as Beat

*Egoitz Lasa as Ander

*Ane Gabarain as Jaione

*Jos Ramn Soroiz as Txema

*Jox Berasategi as Jexus

Critical reception



Loreak was met with positive reviews by critics. Jonathan Holland of 'The Hollywood Reporter' praised it for being "as beguiling and beautifully structured as the flowers of its title" and said it "absolutely deserves wider exposure". Jay Weissberg of 'Variety' called the film "beautifully cast" and "an affecting story of loss and the ways people cope". Llus Bonet Mojica of 'La Vanguardia', who gave Loreak a five-star review, noted that it is a "film where nothing happens and everything happens". Oti Rodrguez Marchante of 'ABC' described the film as a "moving and delicate melodrama". On the mixed side, Andrea G. Bermejo of 'Cinemana' gave Loreak 3.5 stars out of five and observed that "by means of so much perfection [...] the result loses some spontaneity, some audacity, and perhaps, some weight".

Awards and nominations



See also



* List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

* List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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