Flowers from Another World

Flowers from Another World[1] (Spanish: Flores de otro mundo) is a 1999 Spanish film, directed and co-written by Icíar Bollaín and starring José Sancho, Luis Tosar and Lisete Mejía.

[2] The plot follows three women who arrive to a village in rural Spain looking for love and to start a new life.

The men have organized an annual party to get to know available ladies with the hopes of falling in love and finding a wife.

The group of women include: Marirrosi, a divorced nurse from Bilbao who is lonely and looking for love; Patricia, a young woman with two children from the Dominican Republic who has been in Spain illegally and having difficulties to find decent work; and (joining later) Milady, a young Cuban who wants to see the world at any cost.

Carmelo tries to impress her with a big television and modern kitchen, but what she really wants to do is go to discos and have fun.

However, the father of Patricia's two children reappears in her life wanting to take advantage of her steadier situation.

In a frank talk with Damian, Patricia admits that if she could have found work and been able to take care for herself either in the Dominican Republic or Spain, she probably wouldn't have married him.

Flores de otro mundo (flowers from another world) was released on DVD in the United States on October 18, 2005.