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The Gardener (2001)

Original title: Aednik

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Feature film | Drama Duration 15:36

The Gardener

A parable about a solitary man who has forsaken the world and finds comfort only in planting trees. This activity has become a sacred ritual for him. Yet deep inside, he awaits and seeks some sort of solution to his solitude. One day during a particularly severe drought, the Earth answers him - the man finds the unconscious body of a woman in the soil cracked by the heat. Without stopping to think, he takes her home, resuscitates her and looks after her. This unexpected companion seriously test his convictions. How far can solitude go? A story about the ...

Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo | Andrés Joaquin Sendino

Keywords: love | introverted young man | seclusion | tenderness | yearning | digging with a spade | obsession | arid ground | heat | found woman | View all »

Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Exitfilm
Color color
Sound sound
Film Category Feature film, Short
Genre Drama
Text / Dialogue hispaania
Subtitles Estonian, English
Duration 15:36

Cast

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Leading roles
Supporting roles

No suppoting roles

Festivals, awards, nominations

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  • Award, Mieres Short Film Festival (Spain), 2001, Grand Prix and the best Director
  • Participation, PÖFF: Sleepwalkers - Short Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), 2001
  • Participation, ALCINE The European Short Film Festival (Madrid, Spain), 2001

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm