From writer/director Michael Fausti comes Burnt Flowers, perhaps one of the most surreal films I’ve seen since Mulholland Drive. Straight from the start of the film, I got a David Lynch Twin Peak’sy feel to what I was about to see and I don’t mean the storyline. I mean the atmosphere that Burnt Flowers was building in front of my eyes and ears. The film also feels very ‘noir-ish’ something that not a lot of UK films tackle nowadays (which is a shame)   Shifting through multiple time periods (1968,1983,and 1992) We settle down when Alice Kyteller (played by Ayvianna Snow) shows up at a police station to report her husband Austin (played by Adrian Viviani) as missing. When Detective Franc Alban (played by Amber Doig-Thorne) asks the question ‘When did you last have contact with him?’ Alice replies ‘8 years ago’  The look of confusion on Franc’s face is one that the audience will have on their own faces  quite a few times when watching Burnt Flowers and the film is a joy because of it.

What could have been on paper a simple a,b,c ending, plot, has been spun, reworked, thought about, spun some more, reworked some more and writer/director Michael Fausti has crafted a wonderfully surreal story spanning decades, a great mix of characters and a weird and attention grabbing tale of a missing husband, murders, gangsters, fortune telling, and much more. Take this story and then add beautiful cinematography by Kemal Yildirim who is a genius with a camera- I’ve seen his work many times over the years, a great score by Nick Burns which helps keep us in the time periods that we are in at any time and an excellent cast of faces that I have seen on my screens often over recent years and this all builds up to make Burnt Flowers a really weird and wonderful viewing experience. Often nowadays films are watched once, then we move onto the next film. Burnt Flowers breaks that current feel and is most definitely a film that with each viewing, will deliver more for you. Burnt Flowers demands your attention and I would say that you should definitely give it your attention. Put down your phone, and let Michael Fausti’s film take you on a trip down a cinematic rabbit hole.

Burnt Flowers stars

Amber Doig-Thorne ( Winnie The Pooh Blood and Honey), Dani Thompson (Bad Moon Rising), Ayvianna Snow (Wrath of Dracula), Annabella Rich (Eating Miss Campbell), Dean Kilbey (TVs Boiling Point), Andrew Elias (Video Shop: Tales of Terror), Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede: Second Sequence) Michael Fausti (The Pocket Film of Superstitions) and Faith Elizabeth (13 Graves)   

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