Flowering Man

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How it feels

A teenage girl struggles as her parent undergoes a strange transformation. The film uses surreal images to show her experience.

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What happens

Flowering Man is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language short film directed by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). The film follows a teenage girl grappling with the transformation of her parent, portrayed through surreal imagery. It won the Best Non-Feature Film award at the 71st National Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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