Wild Flowers (2022 film)

The plot tracks Julia, a 22-year-old single mother with a strong zest for life who falls romantically for a conflictive man, Óscar, also meeting another two men with different backgrounds.^[2]

The screenplay was penned by Jaime Rosales and Bárbara Díez.^[3] The film is a Fresdeval Films, A Contracorriente Films, Oberon Media and Luxbox production,^[7] and it had participation from RTVE, TV3 and Movistar+ and funding from ICAA, ICEC and Creative Europe's MEDIA.^[8] Filming began in Barcelona by February 2021.^[9][8] Shooting locations also included Mataró, Banyoles and Melilla.^[10][2] Hélène Louvart worked as cinematographer.^[4]

The film was selected for screening at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection,^[1][11] where it was presented on 17 September 2022.^[12] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,^[13] it was theatrically released in Spain on 14 October 2022.^[3]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily considered that the film signals "an interesting step towards the mainstream" by Rosales, featuring a "captivating, sometimes wrenching, and always relatable central performance" by Castillo.^[6]

• List of Spanish films of 2022