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.. Following a visit from a mysterious femme fatale, detective Francis Alban finds herself embroiled in a missing persons case in which all is not what it seems. The trail leads her to a 1960s serial killer who was never caught and a violent gangster. As Detective Alban delves deeper into the criminal underbelly of Swinging Sixties London, will she uncover more about herself than she is willing.
BURNT FLOWERS explores the themes of obsession, duality and revenge. Cinematography is by Kemal Yildirim, with original music composed by Nick Burns.. Burnt Flowers: Directed by Michael Fausti. With Amber Doig-Thorne, Laurence R. Harvey, Ayvianna Snow, Dani Thompson. Detective Franc Alban is visited by a mysterious femme fatale who leads her to a 1960's serial killer who was never caught, a violent gangster and ultimately herself. Past crimes and love collide in this haunting and surreal Horror-Noir.