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A slight conflict of interest here, as the producer of Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard\u2019s The Extraordinary Miss Flower<\/em> is named Zoe Flower and she is a veteran publicist within the world of film. We at LWLies<\/em> have worked with her countless times across the last two decades (Hi Zoe!), and as some of you will be aware, it\u2019s hard to be objective when it comes to art made by people you really like.<\/p>\n And in this instance, it\u2019s doubly hard, as the Miss Flower mentioned in the title is not Zoe herself, but her late mother, Geraldine, whose entire persona was posthumously altered upon the discovery of various love letters she received across her life. In a bid for some kind of clarity as to the person she really was (aside from being a stellar mother and companion), the film attempts to piece together and imagine what this woman\u2019s life was really like by reading between the lines of the florid prose missives that were sent to her on a regular basis and by a range of different guys.<\/p>\n In the spirit of these extrovert scribblings, the film takes the form of a musical celebration, as the Icelandic electro chanteuse, Emil\u00edana Torrini, decides to co-opt these texts and put them to music as part of her new concept album. There are some flighty little skits positing theories about the nature of Geraldine\u2019s secret life, with a few famous friends roped in to intone the lovers\u2019 hand-written proclamations.<\/p>\n Yet the majority of the film is taken up with performance footage of Torrini and interviews with her about her creative methods and how she feels a personal bond with the alluring recipient of these letters. It\u2019s a creative and admirably earnest endeavour, but one that will most certainly live or die on your tolerance for Torrini\u2019s winsome warbling.<\/p>\n To keep celebrating the craft of film, we have to rely on the support of our members. Join Club LWLies today and receive access to a host of benefits.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nGet more Little White Lies<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n