The old gardener works all day in harmony with nature’s rhythms and the wisdom of the ancient Latvians. His happiness and fulfillment is a garden that no longer belongs to him, but he feels like it does due to his large contribution to it. He speaks to the garden, and it responds, giving him shelter and a rich harvest. Autumn arrives and there is much work, more than the gardener can handle. The young homeowners, desiring to make the gardener’s life easier, hire a new gardener. The old gardener’s love of the garden and his unwillingness to share it with anyone else leads him to make an inevitable decision to stay in the garden of his family forever. This is a poetically symbolic story about disappearing time, the land and modern reality.
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Madara Dišlere Director · Armands Začs Editor Aivars Žukovskis Costume designer
First release May 4, 2016 · Produced in Latvia · Original title Dārznieks
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Tasse Film
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Latvia
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Original title
Dārznieks
Original language
Latvian
Spoken on screen
Latvian
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Latvia · May 4, 2016
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