Main Cast: Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood, Sarah Walker, Julia Blake
Release Year: 1983
Country: AU
Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
The Australian Man of Flowers stars Norman Kaye in the title role. A painter, Kaye has earned his nickname from his beautifully rendered flower portraits. He uses his artistic skills as a means of channelling his repressed sexual yearnings, especially his feelings towards nude model Alyson Best. When flowers no longer quench his carnal thirsts, Kaye expresses himself on his pipe organ, hammering out impassioned songs as a sort of musical cold shower. A flashback, which is meant to explain Kaye's hang-ups (but deliberately does not) features German director Werner Herzog in an unbilled cameo as Kaye's father. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Bob Ellis - Psychiatrist; Barry Dickins - Postman; Patrick Cook - Coppershop Man; Victoria Eagger - Angela; Werner Herzog - Father; Hilary Kelly - Mother; Eileen Joyce - aunt; Marianne Baillieu - Aunts; Lirit Bilu - florist; Juliet Bacskai - florist; Dawn Klingberg - Cleaning Lady; Tony Llewellyn-Jones - Church Warden
Credit
Asher Bilu - Art Director, Lirit Bilu - Costume Designer, Paul Cox - Director, Tim Lewis - Editor, Yuri Sokol - Cinematographer, Jane Ballantyne - Producer, Paul Cox - Producer, Lirit Bilu - Set Designer, Lloyd Carrick - Sound Recordist, Bob Ellis - Dialogue Writer, Paul Cox - Screenwriter, Bob Ellis - Screenwriter, Gaetano Donizetti - Featured Music
