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Isle of Flowers

1989
Documentary
Short Film
13m
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. (imdb)
Directed by:
Jorge Furtado Jorge Furtado
Written by:
Jorge Furtado Jorge Furtado Cecília Meireles
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Starring:
Júlia Barth Paulo José Paulo José Ciça Reckziegel Douglas Trainini Irene Schmidt Gosei Kitajima Takehiro Suzuki Luciane Azevedo
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Genre:
Documentary
Country:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
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Isle of Flowers

1989
Documentary
Short Film
13m
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peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 27 Jun 2008
96
99th
An amazing little film about the human condition. The whimsical narrative contrasts sharply with the sometimes gruesome imagery and cynically depressing content. Truly one of the best short films.
Rated 27 Jun 2008
obdurateObdurate
Rated 11 Apr 2012
95
97th
I can see the Vonnegut (my fave author) influence so I'm kind of biased. The narration is so Kurt it's incredible. The way it uses humour, bizarre images and a... tomato to dissect human right violations and just society in general is pretty much perfect. And not only that but it's ballsy as fuck, declaring "God does not exist" in the first 30 seconds. It was from that moment on I knew I'd love this because it was so in my face.
Rated 11 Apr 2012
losrasputinlosrasputin
Rated 04 Jan 2009
100
99th
13 minutes of perfection that documents the gross superiority of money over the existence and general well-being of human life.
Rated 04 Jan 2009
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 16 Dec 2012
80
75th
Cynical and humorous attack on the modern state of human rights. Comes across like it was produced from somebody outside of this world looking in, which really helps drive the point home.
Rated 16 Dec 2012
neonmanNeonman
Rated 14 Sep 2010
82
70th
A fun to watch, but gut-punching documentary made as a brochure for Earth intended for aliens.
Rated 14 Sep 2010
kasperlKasperL
Rated 27 Nov 2012
85
94th
Overwhelmingly well-done.
Rated 27 Nov 2012
caimancaiman
Rated 02 Jun 2013
87
85th
Fast-paced, funny, and comically pessimistic. Very surprising. The ending hit me hard.
Rated 02 Jun 2013
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 26 Dec 2008
85
88th
Short surprising showing in a different way the intrinsic aspects of capitalist society, based on the ideology of consumption, the individualism and exclusion from society.
Rated 26 Dec 2008
rufamRufam
Rated 28 Feb 2016
75
72nd
Disarmingly to-the-point. The mood swing towards the end is cunning.
Rated 28 Feb 2016
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 13 Apr 2012
82
95th
Thoughtful short with some black humor and good insight into the flaws of capitalism.
Rated 13 Apr 2012
aliceportoaliceporto
Rated 26 Jun 2010
100
98th
pure genious
Rated 26 Jun 2010
djrossdjross
Rated 06 Apr 2012
70
77th
Impressive use of the cinematic form to present a political and economic analysis and critique.
Rated 06 Apr 2012
stainStain
Rated 24 Jun 2007
80
68th
Pythonically warped yet socially conscious documentary. One of the damnedest things I ever saw
Rated 24 Jun 2007
tiucocatiucoca
Rated 18 Feb 2011
100
98th
The best Brazilian documentary. A ironic wiki about tomatoes, pigs and the capitalist system's fissure.
Rated 18 Feb 2011
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 16 Apr 2012
80
78th
Starts out amusing, then it kicks you in the dick by showing some of the flaws of Capitalism in relation to the poor.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
payenspayens
Rated 16 Sep 2012
42
14th
A very suitable short for the perfect latinamerican idiot.
Rated 16 Sep 2012
parcalihamparcaliham
Rated 11 Jul 2011
70
42nd
10 temmuz 2011 & betimlemelere dayali tarzi beni cezbetmedi ama yine de kaliteli bir yapim oldugunu ve insan haklari ile ilgili mesajini ozgunlukle vermis oldugunu dusunuyorum.
Rated 11 Jul 2011
piratejerkpiratejerk
Rated 16 Feb 2010
8
62nd
Good but somewhat standard fast paced cutaway to stock footage short film
Rated 16 Feb 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 13 Sep 2008
86
96th
Very Nice
Rated 13 Sep 2008
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 29 May 2008
60
54th
A crafty anti-capitalist polemic.
Rated 29 May 2008
bmuniseBmunise
Rated 12 Jan 2009
95
80th
Better than I expected.
Rated 12 Jan 2009
zapotkazapotka
Rated 06 Aug 2009
81
91st
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3AyWcptRx0 part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yI7STDk5nQ
Rated 06 Aug 2009
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 20 Oct 2009
75
44th
An interesting view of the "free" market but the narrator presents the whole thing with a cynical tone that's very off-putting.
Rated 20 Oct 2009

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