The Garden (1995) ( Záhrada )

The Garden (1995) (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Original Title: Záhrada
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Slovenian ( Dolby Surround )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Slovak Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Martin Sulík

Written By:
Marek Lescák
Ondrej Sulaj

Actors:
Marián Labuda ..... Jakub's Father
Roman Luknár ..... Jakub
Zuzana Sulajová ..... Helena
Jana Svandová ..... Tereza
Katarína Vrzalová ..... Helena's Mother
Dusan Trancík
Ján Melkovic
Stanislav Stepka
Filip Cervinka
Frantisek Kovár

Synopsis:

The miraculous adventures of Jakub are chronicled in this gently eccentric Slovak comedy. The story is laid out like a novel with title cards naming each chapter. It all begins after the libidinous Jakub is booted out of his home by his father after he is caught making love to another man's wife. He is banished to his grandfather's garden and given explicit orders to sell it. Jakub stumbles across his grandfather's journal which is written with backwards script. He holds a mirror to it and finds a map leading him to a old bottle of wine that had been hidden years ago. Now the curious Jakub must solve the mysteries of his grandfather's land. He goes to the garden and finds Helena, a young girl dubbed the Virgin Miraculous in the title cards. Jakub's grandfather taught her to write backwards, much to the chagrin of her abusive mother who considers Helena's writing as mere scribbling. Strange things happen in the garden, and some of them do indeed seem like miracles. Amid the strange events, Helena teaches Jakub to appreciate the delicate mysteries of life.

Jakub's life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with a married woman. Breaking out, Jakub realizes the pleasures of the countryside in the old garden of his grandfather. He finds true love with an angel, and encounters various exciting moments of his new free life. Strange visitors arrive, and he wont get back to town anymore.

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