2013
Not Rated
KDK Factory
1 h 27 m

2013
Not Rated
KDK Factory
1 h 27 m

Summary The Gardener is a poetic film made using documentary-style techniques via the cameras of a father and son (the Makhmalbafs) who go to Israel to learn about the Baha’i faith which is taboo in the country of both the filmmakers’ and the faith’s birth – Iran.

Directed By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Written By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

2013
Not Rated
KDK Factory
1 h 27 m

2013
Not Rated
KDK Factory
1 h 27 m

The Gardener

Name: The Gardener
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2013-06-11
Duration: 1 min 27 s
Rating: 65
Cast: Ririva Eona Mabi, Paula Asadi, Bal Kumari Gurung, Ian David Huang, Maysam Makhmalbaf

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Written By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Ririva Eona Mabi

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Paula Asadi

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Bal Kumari Gurung

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Ian David Huang

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Maysam Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Guillaume Nyagatare

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The New York Times

Aug 8, 2013

An intimate, discursive inquiry into religious belief that opens to include questions about cinema.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Aug 6, 2013

The filmmaker once responsible for virtuoso, tragicomic social critiques like The Cyclist (1987) and Marriage of the Blessed (1989) now delicately works to see how beautiful the world can look when people embrace each other's differences.

By Aaron Cutler FULL REVIEW

Variety

Jun 10, 2013

A stimulating and highly accessible cinematic conversation.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Jun 10, 2013

Images and metaphors whimsicially combine in a fine, fast-flowing documentary introducing the Baha'i faith.

By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jul 31, 2013

The elder Makhmalbaf, who wrote and directed, puts many spins on this ethereal mood piece — it is by turns poetic, impressionistic, metaphorical and even a bit trippy — without satisfying such genre basics as structure, depth and resolution.

By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Korean Film Council, Makhmalbaf Film House

Release Date Jun 11, 2013

Duration 1 h 27 m

Rating Not Rated

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Ririva Eona Mabi

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Paula Asadi

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Bal Kumari Gurung

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Ian David Huang

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Maysam Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Guillaume Nyagatare

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