Private Project

Les fleurs du mâle

"The mysterious creature, Salma, realizes that being herself has repercussions on her life and that she will never be accepted as she is. So she decides to ask the creatress of this world for mercy." The film was shot in super 8 in-camera edited. It was inspired by the letter sent by Charles Baudelaire to the Empress Eugenie after being censored and fined for his book "Les fleurs du mal". The reason of the condemnation: offense to public morals and good manners as well as offense to religious morality.

  • Hadi Moussally
    Director
  • Hadi Moussally
    Writer
  • Hadi Moussally
    Producer
  • Olivier Pagny
    Producer
  • Salma Zahore
    Key Cast
  • Olivier Pagny
    D.O.P. & Post-production
  • Louise from Scratch
    Music
  • Fabien Ghernati
    Assistant Director
  • Geoffroy Peret
    Assistant
  • h7o7
    Production
  • Regard Indépendant
    Production
  • Metl L Film
    Production
  • La ville de Nice
    With the support of
  • Le conseil départemental des Alpes Maritimes
    With the support of
  • Kodak
    Partners
  • Andec Filmtechnik
    Partners
  • Family Movies
    Partners
  • Color City
    Partners
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, super 8
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Spain
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Super 8
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Weimar Poetry Film Award 2024
    Weimar
    Germany
    June 1, 2024
  • Pink Life QueerFest 2024
    Ankara
    Turkey
    February 23, 2024
  • Chéries-Chéris 2023
    Paris
    France
    November 24, 2023
  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2023
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    November 16, 2023
  • Queer Spectrum Film Festival 2023
    Dublin
    Ireland
    November 25, 2023
  • (In) visible structure (s) 2023
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 16, 2023
  • The place 2023
    Online
    United Kingdom
    September 16, 2023
  • Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2023
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 16, 2023
  • Pool Film Festival 2023
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 14, 2023
  • Flip the Script 2023
    Minnesota
    United States
    September 6, 2023
  • Soura Film Festival 2023
    Berlin
    Germany
    August 26, 2023
  • Image + Nation 2023
    Montreal
    Canada
    June 22, 2023
  • Regard Indépendant 2022
    Nice
    France
    November 25, 2022
    "Audience Award" Winner
Director Biography - Hadi Moussally

Hadi Moussally was born in Lebanon in 1987.
By age 18, he decides to go study film direction in France where he acquires a first master’s degree in “Fiction Cinema” from Paris-Est Marne la Vallée University. Moussally then chooses to take on a complementary masters in “Documentary and Anthropological Cinema” from Paris X Nanterre University, in the course of Jean Rouch. In that respect, Hadi Moussally acquainted himself with reality-cinema. The anthropological and documentary approach accustoms him with the sense of keen observation of his subjects and alerts him to the importance of instantaneous shooting; whereas his fictional background gives him the urge of creating sensual, esthetically pleasing imagery universes.
From 2012, Hadi Moussally shifts towards the world of fashion and directs several experimental films some of which received various distinctions in festivals. In 2014 he made his first documentary on the end of his grandmother's life, and in 2016 a docu-portrait on a senior model. In 2018 he completed an experimental project on albinism "Positive" whose photos have been exhibited at the UNESCO, the City Hall of Paris and Beirut Art Fair as well. In 2015 he founded the production unit H7O7 whose main objective is to enable the making and promotion of films and photos with "hybrid" vocation where is privileged the mixture of genres between experimental, documentary, fashion and fiction. His films have been awarded worldwide and have received more than 45 awards and 300 selections in international festivals. In 2020, he founded the collective “Hybrid Wave” with around 30 hybrid artists from around the world.

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