Little Fruit from the Equator

Overview

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".

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 6, 1998

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Portuguese

Countries

Austria, Germany

Production

WDR,ORF,BR,HR,3sat,Baumhaus Film Brödl

Cast

Maria Neto,Pascoa Soares,Patriky,João Quaresma,José Manuel Noronha,Atalmira,Jacinto Alfonso,Simão de Sousa

Director

Herbert Brödl

Writer

Herbert Brödl

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0412751