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Little Fruit from the Equator

Nov 6, 1998 · 1h 15m
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The story is an allegory, combining narrative aspects of comedy films, documentary films, fairy tales, and road movies. The story starts with a dying old woman, who is calling for her distant son. Her calls take solid form in the shape of a giant breadfruit, which falls from the sky right in front of her son's residence. Realizing that this is a message from his mother, the son sets out to find her and takes the fruit with him. His trek across the island involves interactions both with people who are either amused or disturbed by his abnormal fruit, and with those to whom the fruit seems to an answer to their "fantasies", "desires and dark longings".

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CAST

Jacinto Alfonso
Atalmira
Simão de Sousa
Maria Neto
José Manuel Noronha
Patriky
João Quaresma
Pascoa Soares
Directed by Herbert Brödl

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Status
Released
Original language
DE
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Production
3sat, Baumhaus Film Brödl, HR, ORF, WDR, BR
Country
AT, DE, ST
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