Man of Flowers

Australia, 1983

Film
Man of Flowers | Paul Cox | 1983 | ACMI collection

Norman Kaye won the AFI’s best actor award for this stunning portrayal of Charles Bremer, a strange and sensitive man, whose sensual appreciation of all things beautiful led to his bizarre and erotic relationship with a young bi-sexual named Lisa. “Man of Flowers” is both erotic and richly amusing with a tragic after glow.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Paul Cox

co-producer

Jane Ballantyne

Paul Cox

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300990

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Wikidata

Q6746388

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