KUMU DOC : PÖFF

Blooming Business

Local title
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Title in Russian
Õitsev äri
Director
Ton van Zantvoort
Country
Netherlands
Year
2009
Programme
Kumu Documentary

A Blooming Business is a poetic documentary about people in Kenya who are imprisoned by the power of the global flower industry. In 52 minutes the dilemmas of the industry are painfully clear and there is only one conclusion possible: the smell of the imported rose is not sweet but bitter.
The film combines pure observation with direct comments of the main characters. The camera is absent and present at the same time. With great humanism Van Zantvoort shows us a different world where all human life is valuable.

Introduction by Jaanus Välja

Director
Ton van Zantvoort
Runtime