Taste Of Tomato

A slow, unsettling fable that blends grim poverty with absurdity, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Directed by

Steve Li

Genres

Drama

Starring

Andy Chan Kong-Hung, Ben So Yuk Fai, Wong Hiu-yee

Overview

Four farmer-cum-robbers live together in a dilapidated house with a withered field. They discover a human finger inside a newly-harvested tomato one day. The gang leader decides to freeze it in the hope of selling it for a good price. Someone tells a story about a finger in a pub, so implausible that the listeners can hardly believe it. There are no fingers inside the other tomatoes and the gang remains poor. Tensions mount as the gang leader suspects a young member of hiding the secret of growing the finger-yielding tomato for his own benefit, leading to a big fight. The young man renounces his life of crime, but pays a hefty price…...

How it feels

Dark, absurd, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Greed, betrayal, politics, survival

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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