Film News: Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com to Host After Hours Film Society on March 21, 2016

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CHICAGO – The After Hours Film Society is a treasure of a cinema gathering that offers a comprehensive line-up of foreign, classic and specialty films for screening and discussion. Patrick McDonald, Editorial Coordinator and Film Critic for HollywoodChicago.com, will lead the discussion for the film “Flowers,” the 2015 Spanish film that was on the short list for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film, on Monday evening, March 21st, 2016, at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove, Ill.

’Flowers,’ Directed by Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga
Photo credit: Music Box Films

Ane (Nagore Aranburu) receives some harsh news. The late thirtysomething woman is going through an early menopause, and this information puts the already reticent construction clerk into a bit of funk. Her mood shifts when she begins to receive flowers on a weekly basis, with no note or source. This causes a rift between her and her fiancé, because they can’t find out who is delivering these packages, and Ane then takes the bouquets to work to hide them.

There is a crane operator at Ane’s worksite named Beñat (Joesean Bengoetxea), and the attitude of his mother Tere (Itziar Alzpuru) is causing problems between him and his wife Lourdes (Itziar Ituño). In a swift turn of events, Beñat is killed in a car crash, and the site of the crash begins to be memorialized in flowers. At the same time, the weekly deliveries for Ane ceases, and the lives of the mother, wife and co-worker are about to be inexplicably linked.

CLICK HERE for the full review of “Flowers” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.

By PATRICK McDONALD Writer, Editorial Coordinator HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com