The first trailer for Doc Martin star Caroline Catz’s unique new movie The Extraordinary Miss Flower has been released.
The project, which will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October, takes the hybrid form of songs, readings and dramatic scenes. It is based on a box of love letters sent to Geraldine Flower, the mother of a friend of Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini.
In the first trailer, we get a sense of the stylistic combinations of the movie, as Torrini explains how the letters fired up her imagination.
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“I was hooked – there’s enough love in these letters to fulfil lovers for 100 years… letters open people up in ways that nothing else really does,” the singer explains.
We then get a showcase of some of the readings, including from stars Richard Ayoade and Nick Cave, as well as new songs that Torrini has crafted for the film, dramatic visuals and theatrics.
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The clip ends with Catz in character as Miss Flower, as she jokes: “It’s a crazy, stupid story...”
The Extraordinary Miss Flower also stars Siggi Baldursson, Alice Lowe, Mark Monero, Niall Murphy and Angus Sampson, with Sophie Ellis-Bextor lending her voice.
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20,000 Days on Earth’s Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have directed the movie, previously revealing that they had spent “an outrageous amount of time thinking about new ways to hybridise music and film”.
“After a chance meeting with Emilíana in Reykjavik, we knew she'd be a remarkable collaborator for a hybrid project like this," they added.
"She's spellbinding, a true raconteur with a permanent twinkle in her eye. This film is about capturing an alchemical performance, in collaboration with the camera. For us, that point of intersection is where real magic happens."
The Extraordinary Miss Flower will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, which runs between October 9 and 20.
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