Flower (2017) is a film about adolescence. Its young protagonists are sunlit and full of restless energy — equal parts unrestrained freedom and matching bewilderment. The film’s protagonist, Erica, and her chaotic family and search for identity, echo things we’ve already seen elsewhere in novels and film. Mishima Yukio’s unrestrained outpouring of his adolescent self in Confessions of a Mask comes to mind as a similar example, and they’re not rare; even the final flight to Mexico recalls a similar scene in Thelma & Louise (1991)… and yet films like this still manage to charm us, because the longing for a reckless youth belongs to nearly everyone. Still, the brightest spring scenery always ends up darkened by some stain of color.

This song, “Fade Away” (Susanne Sundfør), is achingly lovely, though the desolation and melancholy in it are even more pronounced than in another track from the soundtrack, “Unfuck the World” (Angel Olsen). If you know the film well, listening to it will bring the relevant scenes right back to mind. youtube link