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The Gardener is a film of genre Drama directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf with Mohsen Makhmalbaf

The Gardener (2012)

The Gardener
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Length 1h27
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Genres Drama,    Documentary
Rating59% 2.9960452.9960452.9960452.9960452.996045

The Gardener (Persian: باغبان Bāghbān) is a poetic film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. It had its Asian premiere at Busan International Film Festival, its European premiere at Rotterdam International Film Festival, and North American premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival. It is the first film in decades to be made by an Iranian filmmaker in Israel. The film has been shown in more than 20 film festivals and won the Best Documentary award from Beirut International Film Festival and the special Maverick Award from Motovun Film Festival in Croatia. The film was selected as "Critic's Pick of the Week" by New York Film Critics Circle, "Best of the Fest" at Busan Film Festival by Hollywood Reporter, and "Top Ten Films" at Mumbai Film Festival by Times of India, and its script was added to the Library of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Synopsis

The film is about an Iranian filmmaker and his son who travel to Israel to learn about the role of religion in the world. While the son goes out to the Wailing Wall, the Dome of the Rock and Christian sites, the father stays at the Baha'i gardens to learn about a faith that came out of his own country—Iran. The film is similar to Gabbeh and The Silence in style.

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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