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Isle of Flowers

"A place where there are very few flowers."

1989-09-06
8.1
pt 13m
Documentary
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.

Director

Jorge Furtado

Screenplay

Jorge Furtado

Producer

Monica Schmiedt

Producer

Giba Assis Brasil

Director of Photography

Roberto Henkin

Director of Photography

Sérgio Amon

misery slum supermarket capitalism pig hunger tomato money poverty garbage dump landfill economic crisis poor short film

Status

Released

Countries

  • Brazil

Companies

  • Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

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