Island of flowers
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Island of flowers |
| Original title | Ilha das Flores |
| Country of production | Brazil |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 13 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jorge Furtado |
| script | Jorge Furtado |
| production |
Monica Schmiedt Giba Assis Brasil |
| music | Geraldo Flach |
| camera |
Sergio Amon Roberto Henkin |
| cut | Giba Assis Brasil |
| occupation | |
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Island of Flowers is a Brazilian documentary short film by Jorge Furtado from 1989. In the film, social criticism is ironically wrapped in a tomato path from harvest to its apparent end in a dump, to show the absurdity that the people there are on a priority scale after pigs.
action
In Belem Novo, Porto Alegre , Mr Suzuki harvests tomatoes from a tomato plantation. As a human being, he differs from animals like the chicken or the whale by his highly developed cerebrum and his opposable thumb - two characteristics that are repeated regularly throughout the film. Mr Suzuki does not eat the tomatoes himself, but sells them to a supermarket and receives money in return. Money was introduced because it was difficult to get tomatoes worth a chicken, and even more difficult, chickens worth a whale. With the money, perfume seller Ms. Anete can also buy tomatoes in the supermarket. The process of buying, selling and making a profit is shown, so Ms. Anete buys her perfume (which, by the way, with reference to the flower island, is “largely made from flowers”) from a company that makes a higher profit than woman Anete selling it on to her customers.
Mrs. Anete throws away a tomato that is unsuitable for the tomato sauce with pork. The tomato thrown away in this way ends up on a rubbish dump, which in this case is called Ilha das Flores, "flower island", and is actually located on an island. There is not only garbage on the island, but also pigs. They do not have a highly developed cerebrum or opposable thumb, but they do have an owner who extracts organic material such as fruit and vegetables from the garbage and feeds the best parts to the pigs. What is not good enough for the pigs is made available to the poor women and children of the island, including Mrs. Anetes Tomato. The women and children have the disadvantage that they have no money and, unlike the pigs, no owner either. It is ironically concluded that humans differ from animals through the highly developed cerebrum and opposable thumb and through the fact that they are free, in poverty as in wealth.
production
Island of Flowers was filmed in Porto Alegre. Filming locations included the Ilha dos Marinheiros, the Ilha das Flores, the Colégio Anchieta and the Zero 512. The narrator is originally Paulo José . The film is accompanied by the song Fantasia sobre O Guarani by Geraldo Flach , with the guitar playing by Zé Flávio . The film first screened in June 1989 at the 17º Festival do Cinema Brasileiro in Gramado .
The final sentence of the film, “Freedom is a word that nourishes the dream of mankind, that no one can explain and that is understood by everyone” is a quote from the Brazilian author Cecília Meireles . Aesthetically, the film is similar to a video clip: “This applies to both the language level and the image level. The text is consistently spoken as a staccato comment from the off. In the same way, individual film sequences are created with fast cuts and a wealth of images. […] Jorge Furtado overlays the… content level in the form of a collage with images and texts that try to explain the biological, physical and economic background of human existence and social relationships in an ironic and distant manner, in the manner of a schoolbook. "
criticism
Contemporary Brazilian critics described the Island of Flowers as “a masterpiece. After him, the documentary will never be the same. ”Other critics found it“ new, original, funny, critical and, not least, moving ”.
The Evangelical Center for Development-Related Film Work called Insel der Blumen a “film that makes virtuoso use of the most varied of film techniques” and presents its message “in a form that is as ironic as it is often bitterly sarcastic”. The state center for political education in North Rhine-Westphalia found: “This film is not fiction. The 'island of flowers' is a reality, as is the competition between the poor and the pigs for rubbish. The film provokes and ironic, amusing and shocking. The Ökomedia jury described it as 'particularly effective' ”.
In 2019, 30 years after its release, the film was voted the best short film of all time by the Association of Brazilian Film Critics (Abraccine).
Awards (selection)
- 1989: Best short film, best screenplay, best editing at the 17º Festival do Cinema Brasileiro de Gramado
- 1990: Silver Bear - Jury Prize of the Berlinale
- 1990: Prêmio Margarida de Prata (CNBB), best short film
- 1991: Audience Award of the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
Web links
- Island of Flowers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information about the film on casacinepoa.com
- English version of the film on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Ilha das Flores" is the best Brazilian short film in history , g1 globo, May 6, 2019
- ↑ See casacinepoe.com
- ^ Edmar Pereira in: Jornal da Tarde , São Paulo, June 17, 1989.
- ↑ See EZEF work aid on gep.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Ilha das Flores é uma obra-prima. Depois dele, o documentário nunca mais será o mesmo. "Artur Xexéo in: Jornal do Brasil , Rio de Janeiro, June 17, 1989.
- ↑ “novo, original, engraçado, contundente e, finalmente, emocionante”. Edmar Pereira in: Jornal da Tarde , São Paulo, June 17, 1989.
- ↑ See gep.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ . See politische-bildung.nrw.de ( page no longer available , searching web archives ) Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Isle of Flowers: The greatest Brazilian short film of all time , brazilian.report, May 7, 2019
