Isle of Flowers

1989 · 13min · Portuguese

A place where there's no God.

The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for...

IMDb rating - 8.5/10 from 5.8K users

Genres - Documentary · Short

Director - Jorge Furtado

Writer - Jorge Furtado · Cecília Meireles(book quotation)

Stars - Paulo José(voice) · Ciça Reckziegel · Douglas Trainini

Story line - The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Release date - 1989 (Brazil)

Countries of origin - Brazil

Official site - www.casacinepoa.com.br

Also known as - Island of Flowers

Filming locations - Ilha das Flores, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Production company - Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre