SHORT SYNOPSIS

An enchanting exploration of plant life that blends scientific inquiry with ancient ruins and mysterious dreamscapes. Through the eyes of a scientist questioning plant consciousness, a pea plant dreaming of its past in Rome’s Colosseum, and a botanist unravelling a mystery, The Everlasting Pea invites a profound reimagining of our relationship with the vegetal world.

LONG SYNOPSIS

Both fable and ode to plants, The Everlasting Pea is a short film that explores our human relationship with the botanic world.

Journeying through ancient ruins, mysterious dreamscapes, and ethereal otherworldly plant images, the story moves between a scientist who anaesthetizes a pea plant, questioning plant awareness and our shared evolutionary history, a pea plant that dreams of a time when it lived and thrived in the ruins of the Colosseum in Rome, and a colonial doctor who uncovers a botanical mystery.

The Everlasting Pea aims to inspire viewers to see plants both culturally and biologically in a new way, and to reflect upon the ecological moment we are living in today.

A film by Su Rynard

Supported by: The Canada Council for the Arts and The Ontario Arts Council

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