The Gardener
- warm
- measured
- gentle
Warm, measured, gentle documentary / bahai, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Haifa, Israel to investigate a religion that originated a hundred and seventy years ago. Youth from all over come to Haifa to join this religion, and those who serve in the gardens that surround the holy places develop peace-loving attitudes through their interactions with nature. The filmmaker shares with his son the idea that if the Iranian people had adopted a peaceful religion, Iran would not be preparing a nuclear attack on Israel, but the son believes that all religions tend to bring about destruction. As a result of these arguments, father and son separate from one another and pursue their own paths.
Our read · The Gardener (2012) reads as a warm, measured, grounded documentary · bahai · religion entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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