SEEDS OF LOVE
DIRECTED BY ROSCO 5 (BEHNAM TAHERI, GIDEON BERESFORD)
UNITED KINGDOM // 2020
4 MINS
Clearing away the possessions of his deceased fiancé, a man finds some of her nail clippings, and throws them away. But one nail lands in a pot of earth, miraculously spawning the hand of his lost love...and so begins a strange tale of love reborn.
Reflective Encounters
“Many lockdown-shot films feel repetitive and conventional, but the uniqueness of Seeds of Love’s concept brings it towards a more universal space that explores closeness and touch, love and loss with invisible ease and creative delight.
A bereaved man throws his partner’s nail clippings from his balcony in an act of release, but magically, one lands in a plant pot and grows into a living hand. This dreamlike flight of fancy from comedy filmmaking team Rosco 5 (Behnam Taheri and Gideon Beresford) relates the life cycle to the relationship cycle, and features more hands on hot dogs than Portnoy’s Complaint!
It’s evident that Rosco 5 have a background in directing advertisements because of their approach: an extremely precise sequence of shots that puts across so much information about each emotional beat between fairly rapid cuts. The montage of ‘happy endings’ is a particular delight. Just because it’s light of touch doesn’t mean that it lacks profundity - Seeds of Love reaches a surprisingly spiritual conclusion in under 4 minutes, capable of making viewers reconsider their own relationships during our lockdown year.”
— Ben Flanagan