Isle of Flowers
Sep 06 1989
•0h 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.
Cast
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Paulo José
Narrator
Júlia Barth
Filha de Dona Anete
Luciane Azevedo
Ana Luiza Nunes
Ciça Reckziegel
Dona Anete
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