The Flower of Pain (1983)
A semi-autobiographical film about an adolescent relationship, about emotional illiterates of a particular age and milieu. Structured as a series of fragments – so called “shards of memory” – the film follows the progressive dissolution of the affair in search for clues to its undoing.
Director: John Gianvito
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John Gianvito as |
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Tom Conser as |
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Ruth Gamache as |
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Wendelin Glatzel as |
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Melodie Arterberry as |
| Directing | John Gianvito | Director |
| Sound | John Gianvito | Sound |
| Editing | John Gianvito | Editor |
| Crew | John Gianvito | Cinematography |
| Writing | John Gianvito | Writer |
| Crew | Rachel Strickland | Cinematography |
| Sound | Darryl Desmond | Music |
| Sound | Roberta Flack | Music |
| Sound | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Music |
| Sound | Moe Shore | Sound |
| Sound | Burt Rosenburg | Sound |
| Sound | Marek Zalewski | Sound |