4 Movies Directed by Jorge Furtado

Isle of Flowers

Isle of Flowers

Basic Info:

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

13 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (3909 Reviews)

Director:

Jorge Furtado

Cast:

Writer:

Jorge Furtado

Cecèlia Meireles (book)

Fullplot:

The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.

The Man Who Copied

The Man Who Copied

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-13

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (6379 Reviews)

Director:

Jorge Furtado

Fullplot:

Andrè, relatively poor, falls in love with Silvia, a neighbor whom he spies with a telescope. Falling more and more in love with her, he begins to follow her around the city and realizes she works in a clothing shop. He works in a xerox place and makes a copy of a brand new 50 real bill in order to buy a dress from her store. This becomes a vice and he begins to photocopy more and more money, until it gets out of control. However, things begin to go wrong when he decides that photocopying is not the only way to make money...

Meu Tio Matou um Cara

Meu Tio Matou um Cara

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-12-31

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1502 Reviews)

Director:

Jorge Furtado

Cast:

Writer:

Jorge Furtado (screenplay)

Jorge Furtado (story)

Guel Arraes (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Boy tries to help his uncle, guilty of a murder case, to prove his innocence. He thinks the uncle has confessed the crime as a cover-up for his girlfriend, who was the wife of the dead man. So he starts a private investigation, with the help of his own friends, also involving the girl he loves.

Saneamento Bèsico, O Filme

Saneamento Bèsico, O Filme

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-07-20

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1271 Reviews)

Director:

Jorge Furtado

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

A small community of descendants of Italian immigrants in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul resorts to making a video to try to solve the problems of basic sanitation that plague their village.

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