A Blooming Business (2009)

A poetic documentary about people in Kenya who are imprisoned by the power of the global flower industry.

ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー

上映時間 : 52分

演出 : Ton Van Zantvoort

シノプシス

A documentary about people in Kenya who are imprisoned by the global flower industry. The dilemmas of the industry become painfully clear and a dark world of oppression, sexual abuse and terrible working conditions unfolds. There is only one conclusion possible: the smell of the imported rose is not sweet, but bitter.

出演

製作陣

Ton Van Zantvoort
Ton Van Zantvoort
Director

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