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Harrison's Flowers

  • 2000
  • R
  • 2h 1m
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7.1/10
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Elias Koteas, Andie MacDowell, and Adrien Brody in Harrison's Flowers (2000)
When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.
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When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.

  • Director
    • Élie Chouraqui
  • Writers
    • Isabel Ellsen
    • Élie Chouraqui
    • Didier Le Pêcheur
  • Stars
    • Andie MacDowell
    • Scott Anton
    • Elias Koteas
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    6.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Élie Chouraqui
    • Writers
      • Isabel Ellsen
      • Élie Chouraqui
      • Didier Le Pêcheur
    • Stars
      • Andie MacDowell
      • Scott Anton
      • Elias Koteas
    • 83User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Andie MacDowell
    Andie MacDowell
    • Sarah Lloyd
    Scott Anton
    • Cesar Lloyd
    • (as Scott Michael Anton)
    Elias Koteas
    Elias Koteas
    • Yeager Pollack
    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • Marc Stevenson
    Adrien Brody
    Adrien Brody
    • Kyle Morris
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Harrison Lloyd
    Alun Armstrong
    Alun Armstrong
    • Samuel Brubeck
    Caroline Goodall
    Caroline Goodall
    • Johanna Pollack
    Diane Baker
    Diane Baker
    • Mary Francis
    Quinn Shephard
    Quinn Shephard
    • Margaux Lloyd
    Marie Trintignant
    Marie Trintignant
    • Cathy
    Christian Charmetant
    Christian Charmetant
    • Jeff
    Gerard Butler
    Gerard Butler
    • Chris Kumac, Photojournalist
    Christopher Clarke
    • David
    Dragan Antonic
    • Chetnik
    Marie-Béatrice Bernert
    • Austrian Woman
    Antony Boehm
    • Freddy
    Predrag Bjelac
    Predrag Bjelac
    • Doctor in Vukovar
    • Director
      • Élie Chouraqui
    • Writers
      • Isabel Ellsen
      • Élie Chouraqui
      • Didier Le Pêcheur
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    • Trivia
      Croatian city of Vukovar sustained significant damage due to the JNA's (Yugoslav People's Army) and Serb paramilitaries artillery and rocket barrages. By the end of the battle, over 700,000 shells and other missiles had been fired at the city, at a rate of up to 12,000 per day.
    • Goofs
      During the battle, when they are hiding in the dead woman's house, the Serbian/Yugoslav tanks carry the Croatian national flag with a red star.
    • Quotes

      Yeager Pollack: There are only two different types of people in this world. Those who have seen the war, and those who haven't.

    • Alternate versions
      For the United States version, the film's length was reduced by about 5 minutes; it also features a new score by Cliff Eidelman.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

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    8/10
    Brody blossoms in a gritty war drama, once you get past the contrived set-up
    'Harrison's Flowers' is a harrowing drama set during the 1990s Balkan wars, seen through the eyes of war photographers and correspondents. I don't recall it getting a cinema release here in the UK - but caught up with it on DVD.

    The 'hook' of the story is that Sarah Lloyd (Andie MacDowell) travels to Croatia in 1991 to try to find and rescue her husband Harrison, a prize-winning journalist who is missing, presumed killed. (The flowers of the title are those in his greenhouse - tended in his absence by their young son). It's a contrivance - indeed, because we don't see the characters together for long, it's difficult to invest much in their relationship - but functions as the plot mechanism (however creaky) to get the heroine away from her safe life in the US into the war zone, where her adventures really start. So it's essentially a classic quest-and-rescue narrative - unusually, with a woman doing the seeking. (Hence, I suspect, some of the criticisms about Sarah's search risking orphaning her children; I'm not sure this would be raised if the sexes of missing person and seeker were reversed.)

    The film does not glamourise the realities of late 20C Balkan warfare, graphically depicting the atrocities perpetrated by all sides in the wars which engulfed the former Yugoslavia. The story reaches its dramatic climax with the siege of Vukovar.

    Adrien Brody gives an outstanding performance as the bitter, troubled but brave young front-line photojournalist Kyle Morris. Like many in his profession, Kyle takes drugs and swears like a trooper - but he also has courage, integrity, and the face of an El Greco saint. He is the real hero of the story, and Brody, a truly remarkable actor, comes to dominate the film. Brendan Gleeson is also excellent as his older colleague, Stevenson. It is refreshing, too, to see Andie MacDowell in a role in which she is not simply eye-candy/cute chick-flick heroine. The fact that Sarah is not always likable is one of the strengths of the film, and surely a sign that it is a European production: Hollywood films seem too hamstrung at times by worrying about making their protagonists 'likable' - flawed, difficult characters are more human and more interesting. Gerard Butler and Alun Armstrong, among others, provide good support.

    As to whether Sarah finds Harrison, or if she and her friends make it home in one piece - I'm not saying: see the film! All I will say is, it did not turn out how I had expected, and my h/c complex kicked in significantly at one point.

    On DVD, get the French 2-disc Special Edition if you can. There are deleted scenes (mainly Sarah and Harrison, family and friends in the US), cast interviews, a digital effects feature, theme song video, & c.. Sadly, the only UK release was a single disc with just a trailer. One of the deleted scenes addresses an issue which concerned some reviewers - Sarah's guilt-feelings about leaving her children. The interview with Adrien Brody (looking very handsome) is interesting: he discusses how he sees Kyle's relationship with Sarah, and also how he drew on his photographer mother's colleagues in portraying the character.
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    • Aug 17, 2003

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    • Release date
      • March 15, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Cinédia Films Thierry Lacaze (France)
      • Universal (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Serbian
      • Croatian
    • Also known as
      • Las flores de Harrison
    • Filming locations
      • Czech Republic
    • Production companies
      • 7 Films Cinéma
      • Canal+
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,871,025
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $867,635
      • Mar 17, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,033,646
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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