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Burning Flowers (1985)

Burning Flowers poster
Original title
Brennende blomster
Directed by
Eva Dahr
Genre
drama film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
15
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy named Hermann forms a relationship with Rosa, a woman older than him. The story follows the emotional connection between them.

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What happens

Burning Flowers (Norwegian: Brennende blomster) is a 1985 Norwegian drama film directed by Eva Dahr and Eva Isaksen, based on a story by Lars Saabye Christensen, and starring Torstein Hølmebakk and Lise Fjeldstad. The film is about the teenager Hermann (Hølmebakk) who develops a relationship with the middle-aged Rosa (Fjeldstad). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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