Taming the garden
2023
Blu-ray
A powerful man, who is also the former prime minister of Georgia, has developed an exquisite hobby. He collects century old trees along Georgia's coastline. He commissions his men to uproot them and bring them to his private garden. Some of these trees are as tall as 15-floor-buildings. And in order to transplant a tree of such dimensions some other trees are chopped down, electric cables are shifted and new roads are paved through mandarin plantations. The film moves the concept of uprooting from its metaphorical meaning into an oppressive, tangible and yet surreal reality.
Item Details
Description:
- 1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- wide screen
- HDTV
- video file
- Blu-ray video
- region A
Target Audience Note:
- E.
- Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.
Notes:
- Title from container.
- Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) ; stereophonic.
- For private home use only.
- Nominated 2021 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema, Documentary
- Won 2021 Cinéma du Réel, Young Jury Award - Mention
- Won 2021 Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival, Best Film
- Won 2021 Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize, Best Film
- Audio track in Georgian with optional subtitles in English.
Publisher or Distributor Number: BWP-06
Control Number: 3255238
UPC: 814456026589
Publisher: Portland, OR : Collective Eye Films, 2023.Subjects:
- Gardens -- Georgia (Republic)
- Ivanišvili, Biżina, 1956-
- Tree planting -- Georgia (Republic)
- Trees -- Georgia (Republic)
Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Georgian.
- Nonfiction films.
- Personal narratives.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Authors:
- Alexander Street Press, production company.
- Big World Productions, film distributor.
- Corso Film (Firm), production company.
- Jashi, Salomé, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
- Jendreyko, Vadim, film producer.
- Mira Film (Firm), production company.
- Roelly, Martin, film producer.
- Sakdoc Film (Firm), production company.
- Winker, Erik, film producer.