Taming the Garden (2021)

Original title

მოთვინიერება

Directed by

Salomé Jashi

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man in Georgia buys ancient trees from private gardens and has them uprooted and transported to his private arboretum. The film follows the workers and locals who are affected by the removal of these giant trees.

contemplativeslow-pacedobservationalpoeticmelancholicnaturalquietunhurried

What happens

Taming the Garden is a 2021 documentary film directed by Salomé Jashi, a former journalist. It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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