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TAMING THE GARDEN

By Salomé JASHI

Environmental - Completed 2021

An ode to the rivalry between men and nature, Taming the Garden is the story of how a powerful man indulges in an unusual hobby by having century-old trees uprooted in communities along the Georgian coast and transplanted to his private garden.

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Visioni dal Mondo 2021

Concorso Internazionale/International Contest

Sundance 2021

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Environmental, Female director, Documentary
- Countries
- SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, GEORGIA
- Languages
- GEORGIAN
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Salomé JASHI
- Writer(s)
- Salomé JASHI
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-1BC0-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
- Producer(s)
- Salomé JASHI (Sakdoc Film), Vadim JENDREYKO (Mira Film), Erik WINKER (CORSO Film), Martin ROELLY (CORSO Film)
- Synopsis
- A powerful and anonymous man has developed an unusual hobby. He buys century-old trees, some as tall as 15-story buildings, from communities along the Georgian coast and has them excavated to collect them for his private garden. In order to transplant trees of such dimensions, the landscape surrounding them is ripped apart and the people living around them are forced to adapt to the disruption. As the film follows this process, it portrays the needs and values of today’s Georgian society and reflects on the theme of forced migration, where “uprooting” is more than a metaphor.

TAMING THE GARDEN

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