Isle of Flowers (1989)

09/06/1989 (BR) • Documentary • 13m

A place where there are very few flowers.

Overview

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.

Isle of Flowers (1989)

09/06/1989 (BR) • 13m

Documentary

A place where there are very few flowers.

Overview

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.

Top Billed Cast

Narrator

Filha de Dona Anete

Luciane Azevedo

Ana Luiza Nunes

Ciça Reckziegel

Dona Anete

Filho de Dona Anete

Douglas Trainini

Marido de Dona Anete

Compradora

Sr. Suzuki 1

Takehiro Suzuki

Sr. Suzuki 2

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Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

misery

slum

supermarket

capitalism

pig

hunger

tomato

money

poverty

garbage dump

landfill

economic crisis

poor

short film

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