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Isle of Flowers short filmdocumentary

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Original title: Ilha das Flores (Isle of Flowers)
Year: 1989
Running time: 13 min.
Country: Brazil
Director: Jorge Furtado
Screenwriter: Jorge Furtado
Cast: Documentary
Music: Geraldo Flach
Cinematography: Sergio Amon, Roberto Henkin
Producer: Monica Schmiedt, Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
Genre: Documentary | Satire. Poverty. Social Drama. Short Film
Synopsis: Isle of Flowers (Portuguese: Ilha das Flores) is a 1989 Brazilian short film by Jorge Furtado. It tracks the path of a tomato from garden to dump with the help of a monotone voiceover and a collection of bizarre images. While a very humorous film, the message it delivers about how human beings treat each other is anything but such. The director himself has stated that the film was inspired by the works of Kurt Vonnegut and Alain Resnais, among others.

The film has been denounced as "materialistic" because one of its early credits displays the phrase "God doesn't exist". Nevertheless, critic Jean-Claude Bernardet defined Isle of Flowers "a religious film", and the Brazilian National Bishop Confederation awarded the film with the Margarida de Prata (Silver Daisy), calling it "the best Brazilian film of the year" in 1990. In 1995, Isle of Flowers was chosen by the European critics as one of the 100 most important short films of the century.

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#2 Best Documentary Short Movies
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Awards: 1989: Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear (Best Short Film)

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