Isle of Flowers (Ilha das Flores) (1990)

8.2	Listal rating
8.1	IMDB rating

Directed by

Jorge Furtado

Starring

Paulo José

Narration (voice)

Ciça Reckziegel

Dona Anete

Douglas Traini

Anete's Husband

Júlia Barth

Anete's Daughter

Irene Schmidt

Anete's Customer

Gosei Kitajima

Jeffu Masaki Suzuki

Takehiro Suzuki

Jeffu Masaki Suzuki

Luciane Azevedo

Ana Luiza Nunes

Written by

Jorge Furtado

Cecília Meireles

book quotation

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What a way to spend a quarter of an hour

5 years, 8 months ago at Sep 14 11:32

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If you can get a hold of a copy of this film I'd highly recomend it. Worse case scenario, you don't like it and you're out 13 minutes. Best case scenario you love it and you're glad you saw it. The narative is vaguely reminicent of Hitch Hikers Guide (The BBC Miniseries) as are some of the visual effects. Some will find it depressing, others inspiring, dramatic, tragic, comical.

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brilliant piece, an early mockumentary if not the first about Brazilian society of inequalities and poverty. a must see

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An insightful documentary that follows a tomato from the field, to a garbage bin, on to the ironicly named "Ilha das Flores" (Island of Flowers).

Short (7), Documentary (5), Brasil (4), Poverty (4), Brazilian (3), Irony (3), Garbage (3), Capitalism (3), Brazil (2), 1980s (2), Short Film (2), Broken Society (1), Short-film (1), Stylish (1), Pobreza (1), 1989 (1), Curta (1), 1990s (1), Waste (1), Consumism (1)

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"8.8.12. PC Kukkien saari tekee oikeastaan juuri sen minkä toivoin, kiitoksia Wintersille, joka tämän filmin palautti mieleeni, kun olin tilittänyt Darwinin painajaisesta. Tämä lyhytelokuva on humoristinen ja oikeastaan varsin surrealistinen, puoliksi näytelty, mutta siitä huolimatta dokumentaarinen kuvaus yhden tomaatin matkasta kohti ruokakauppaa, roskista, kaatopaikkaa, sikalaa ja sitten "kukkien saarta", ironisesti nimettyä valtaisaa aluetta, josta