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.
Directed by Jorge Furtado
misery
slum
supermarket
capitalism
pig
hunger
tomato
money
poverty
garbage dump
landfill
economic crisis
poor
short film
Rank
#9 in 1989·#504 overall
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.3 / 5
Cast
Paulo José
Narrator
Crew
Jorge Furtado
Director
Jorge Furtado
Screenplay
Giba Assis Brasil
Editor
Giba Assis Brasil
Producer
Nora Goulart
Executive Producer
Fiapo Barth
Art Direction
Nora Goulart
Production Director
Popular Reviews
183 reviews
Redux
6.0★ · 05/11/26
The tomato lives a crazy life
The tomato lives a crazy life
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Gabriel
1.0★ · 05/06/26
Onde o Furtado faz com a Ilha Grande o mesmo que o Meirelles faria com a Cidade de Deus 13 anos depois.