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Director:

Jorge Furtado

Writer:

Jorge Furtado (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Tagline:

A place where there's no God.

Plot:

The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian... more | add synopsis

Awards:

3 wins more

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Cast

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Júlia Barth
Paulo José ... Narration (voice)
Ciça Reckziegel ... Dona Anete
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Island of Flowers (International: English title)
Isle of Flowers (USA)
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Runtime:

13 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)


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References Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1967) more


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22 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Woah, 14 February 2001
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Author: Troy Delaney (troyd-3) from Santa Cruz, California

Saw this documentary short subject in my World Society course at UC Santa Cruz. It's about capitalism, told through the story of a tomato. But, thinking back on it, it was much more than just that tomato, that went into the making of the family's dinner, which was bought with money, which was acquired through the mother's perfume sales, which is an alcohol-based topical fragrance oil. If you're wondering what I'm talking about, this is how the film is paced. It is the very reason the word "Tangential" was created. Furtado is so crafty at taking you to places you never think you'll go; from painfully hilarious irony (the monty python-esque first 5 minutes), to head-battering shock (the history of "the second");just by mentioning a single word, you could travel from a dollar bill to a pile of emaciated bodies, within a matter of seconds. And none of the connections are far-fetched. His story is based on the theory of six degrees of separation, and how he arrives at those final, latent images of haunting truth is a trip that must be taken.

I was recently compiling a list of my favorite movies of 2000, and the best films I saw were the reissues of "The Exorcist" and "Blood Simple", and this, a 15 minute documentary about capitalism. Very weird, but it is true. If I ever get the chance to see this again, I will relish every second of it as if it were the first time. And if you are a student, you should check your campus library for "Ilha das flores", because it is amazing.

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