Cassandra Sahrilulu is humiliated by some people since 5 years old because his mother refuse to give her an allowance.
Cassandra Sahrilulu is humiliated by some people since 5 years old because his mother refuse to give her an allowance. With his father already passed away, Cassandra Sahrilulu decides she will never depend on allowance for fun. What begins as innocent child labor to earn a few coins transforms into an obsession with control. As she grows up, Cassandra isolates herself on a mental 'island' of cold ambition, using her intelligence to rise in the underworld of organized crime. But the higher she climbs in the mafia, the further she gets from the childhood she tried to save. Will Cassandra Sahrilulu ever be able to embrace her inner child again?
"Cassandra Sahrilulu Em: A Ilha" is a short film that also reflects ancient societies around the world that began working too early to make a living or survive. Today, they are elderly, but they share stories and accounts of forced labor in a time before the advancements of modern society existed.