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Isle of Flowers(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-09-06
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212 Votes
Time: 0h 13m
A place where there are very few flowers.
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: Portuguese.
Countries:
Brazil
ProductionCompanies:
Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
Movie: Isle of Flowers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Paulo José
Narrator
Video Trailer Isle of Flowers
Video: Ilha das Flores (Isle of Flowers) (1989) 1080p English
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