Jorge Furtado, born in 1959 in Porto Alegre, is a Brazilian screenwriter and director. In 1987, he co-founded Casa de Cinema, a production company that gave new life to Brazilian independent cinema. He has worked in various formats such as television series and feature films. His most famous work is undoubtedly Isle Of Flowers (1989), a short film awarded in many festivals and emblematic of his style: a mixture of filmic writings and montage of heterogeneous elements.
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. Then, the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
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. Then, the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.