Harrison's Flowers [DVD]

Product Description Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) stars alongside Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) in this compelling story of one woman’s determination and courage amidst conflict in Eastern Europe. Harrison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo journalist who has been reconsidering his career photographing the world’s horrors and atrocities to spend more time with his wife, Sarah, and their two children. However, after accepting one final dangerous assignment in war-torn Yugoslavia, Harrison is reported dead. Sarah, convinced Harrison is still alive and driven by an intense passion, plunges into a land ravaged by war to risk her own life in a relentless search to find him. Aided by her husband’s photographer colleagues, Kyle, Yeager and Stevenson, the group trace the elusive path of Harrison, witnessing the unthinkable and finding the unbelievable Amazon.co.uk Review An implausible plot doesn't prevent Harrison's Flowers from being a harrowing and moving depiction of the cost of war. Andie MacDowell stars as Sarah Lloyd, the wife of a photojournalist reported lost in the 1991 civil war raging between ethnic divisions in the former Yugoslavia. Refusing to believe her husband is dead, Sarah flies to Austria and then drives into the heart of the war, where she teams up with other photographers (Adrien Brody and Brendan Gleeson), who help her find a small town where her husband was last seen--while all around them rages one of the most horrific conflicts of the late 20th century. The story is barely credible, but the depiction of the war itself is stunning, and the depiction of the lives of photojournalists--partly thrill-seeking voyeurs, partly truth tellers--is complex and compelling. Though MacDowell isn't a great actress, all the performances are solid, and Brody is outstanding. --Bret Fetzer