“A story that’s as nuanced as it is profound”
— Warren Cantrell, The Playlist
IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW YORK’S FAMOUS
SAN GENNARO FESTIVAL, FILM MOVEMENT PLUS PREMIERES
TWIN FLOWER, A THRILLING ITALIAN IMPORT
The Dark Drama, Now in Select Theaters, Makes its Simultaneous
North American Debut on the Streaming Channel
Every September since 1926, the San Gennaro Festival has taken over New York’s Little Italy for two weeks. In honor of this eagerly-anticipated annual event, Film Movement Plus premieres its own thrilling Italian import: TWIN FLOWER. Laura Luchetti’s dark, festival favorite coming-of-age drama filmed in Southern Italy is now in select theaters and it simultaneously makes its North American debut on September 20 on the streaming subscription channel.
In writer-director Luchetti’s strikingly photographed second feature, two teenage runaways forge a relationship haunted by their respective pasts. Anna (Anastasiya Bogach) is eluding a human trafficker for whom her father worked, and Basim (Kallil Kone) is a refugee from the Ivory Coast in search of gainful employment. Together they embark on a dangerous trip across the tough but breathtaking terrain of Sardinia in the hopes of overcoming their personal demons. The remarkable chemistry between Bogach and Kone-both nonprofessional actors-carries Luchetti’s powerful film about coming of age in the throes of the refugee crisis.
Warren Cantrell of The Playlist says “Bolstered by revelatory performances from its leads, and a timely thematic foundation appropriate to its place and moment, Twin Flower tells a story that’s as nuanced as it is profound…the complexity afforded to the characters and the universe they inhabit speaks volumes about the steady, thoughtful hand behind all of this.” And Robert Daniels of 812 Film Reviews pens that “Luchetti also offers some of the most exquisite shots of the Italian countryside since Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name…[in] a subtle study of two people who need each other.”
2018 | 96 Minutes | Language: Italian, French
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