500 Flowers
The flowers can talk.
A storm rolls through the streets of West Philadelphia and reduces a young man to sunflower seeds, a metaphorical representation of his lost potential.An elderly sage picks up the pieces, and plants the seeds in her humble garden, restarting the all-too-familiar cycle of their environmental circumstance.
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A storm rolls through the streets of West Philadelphia and reduces a young man to sunflower seeds, a metaphorical representation of his lost potential. An elderly sage picks up the pieces, and plants the seeds in her humble garden, restarting the all-too-familiar cycle of their environmental circumstance.
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- Budget
- $7,000
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- Release date
- Oct 6, 2024
- Runtime
- 0h 4m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
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