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Little Flowers (2010)

Little Flowers poster
Original title
Les fleurs de l'âge
Directed by
Vincent Biron
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
18 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four children experience important first rites of passage during the final days of summer, just before they have to go back to school.

nostalgicbittersweetgentlereflectiveslow-burnpoignantchildlikeseasonalquiet

What happens

Little Flowers (French: Les fleurs de l'âge) is a Canadian short film, directed by Vincent Biron and released in 2010. The film centres on four children who are experiencing significant rites of passage for the first time, in the late summer as their return to the new school year looms. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film. It was subsequently named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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