Little Fruit from the Equator
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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Herbert Brödl Director
First release November 6, 1998 · Produced in Austria, Germany, São Tomé & Príncipe · Languages German, Portuguese
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3sat
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Baumhaus Film Brödl
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HR
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ORF
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WDR
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BR
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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Bayerischer Rundfunk
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Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
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Austria · Germany · São Tomé & Príncipe
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Original title
Früchtchen - Am Äquator ist alles möglich
Original language
German
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German · Portuguese
Release dates
Germany · November 6, 1998
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