The Garden

Záhrada

Slovakia, France

1995

100 Min

Color

1.66:1

Slovak

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Martin Šulík, Ondrej Sulaj, Marek Lesčák

CAST Marián Labuda, Roman Luknár, Zuzana Sulajová, Jana Svandová, Katarína Vrzalová

Jakub stumbles across his grandfather’s journal which is written in backwards script. He finds a map leading him to an old bottle of wine hidden years ago. Now curious, Jakub must solve the mysteries of his grandfather’s garden. He meets Helena, a young girl Jakub’s grandfather taught to also write backwards. Strange things happen in the garden, and some of them do indeed seem like miracles. Amid the eccentric events, young Helena teaches Jakub to appreciate the delicate mysteries of life.

From Slovakia’s celebrated director Martin Sulík.

Director

Martin Šulík

Director and scriptwriter Martin Šulík (b. 1962, Žilina, Slovakia) graduated in film and television direction from VŠMU (1986). He is Slovakia’s most appreciated and prolific film director of the past 20 years. In 1986-91 he worked as assistant director, occasionally directed for the theatre, acted in movies, and shot documentaries. Since the early 1990s he has mainly focused on features, distinguishing himself for his poetic-symbolic tone. —scanorama.lt

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DirtyBee

15Jan12

writing backwards, waking with goats and unknown man, dancing and boxing with own (bald!) father, Rousseau and his adorable wife ("stop talking bullshits!"), saint, becoming a tree bec of woman you love (who can fly, aha aha)...such an amazing, beautiful, mesmerizing film! :)