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Isle of Flowers

Isle of Flowers

# A place where there are very few flowers.
Documentary
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Portuguese
📆 Date Released: 1989-09-06
⌚ Running Time: 13 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 8.1

Beloved Cast

Paulo José original image
Narrator
Paulo José
Júlia Barth original image
Filha de Dona Anete
Júlia Barth
Luciane Azevedo original image
Ana Luiza Nunes
Luciane Azevedo
Ciça Reckziegel original image
Dona Anete
Ciça Reckziegel
Igor Costa original image
Filho de Dona Anete
Igor Costa
Douglas Trainini original image
Marido de Dona Anete
Douglas Trainini
Irene Schmidt original image
Compradora
Irene Schmidt
Gosei Kitajima original image
Sr. Suzuki 1
Gosei Kitajima
Takehiro Suzuki original image
Sr. Suzuki 2
Takehiro Suzuki
Antônio da Silva original image
O dono do porco
Antônio da Silva
Marcos Crespo original image
O empregado
Marcos Crespo

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