Les filles du botaniste

Apr 26 2006 N/A 1h 45m
Drama, Romance

At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.

Plot

Min Li, a trainee botanist is taken in by An's father. In such a beautiful, but lonely setting where the two are treated badly by the few men they communicate with, the women form a bond which quickly turns to unspeakable love. In a swirl of forbidden passion, love and opiate-induced intoxication they find themselves confronted with a society who will not accept same-sex love, a crime punishable by death.

Written by

Sijie Dai, Nadine Perront

Directed by

Sijie Dai

Production Countries

Canada, France

Production Companies

Max Films, EuropaCorp, France 2 Cinéma

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
2,604
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA