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  2. Little Fruit from the Equator

Little Fruit from the Equator

Original Title: Früchtchen - Am Äquator ist alles möglich

1998
1h 15m

Status

Released

Release

1998

Runtime

1h 15m

Storyline

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".

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 15m
Nov 6, 1998
Languages
German
Portuguese
Director
Herbert Brödl
Production
3sat
3sat
Baumhaus Film Brödl
Baumhaus Film Brödl
HR
HR
ORF
ORF
WDR
WDR
Production Countries
Austria
Germany
Sao Tome and Principe

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

Jacinto Alfonso

Atalmira

Simão de Sousa

Maria Neto

José Manuel Noronha

Patriky

João Quaresma

Pascoa Soares

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