Záhrada

If you think movie in which nothing really happens must be boring... forget it. It's non-action and calm, but far from ,,artistic" and ,,intelligents-only" ones. It's hard to say what is it about (i have heard something about ,,seeking yourself" :-), because you simply sit and watch and after the movie you find yourself smiling to people around you - without necessarily for thinking about ,,what it meant and what it means for me".

Have you ever dreamt about Love ? The one which comes out of nowhere, turns your world upside down, heals all your wounds and gives your life a meaning ? Now this movie is about a love like this. It is a contemporary romantic fairy tale with a good sense of humor achieved by not taking itself too seriously. You won't regret seeing it.

Every time I see this movie, my love for it grows. It is one of my treasures on VCR. It confronts you with life and living life, but not in a cynic way, which is often the case in film and literature. It shows the beauty and mystique of this world without being pretentious. The movie contains a great sense of humor, because humans are strange creatures with funny methods of approaching life and how they try to make sense of it. You have to love them for it, in spite or because of the mistakes they make.

I don't know what is making me to see this movie again and again. I think is something under the line I can not describe. For me it is absolutely amazing movie and all I can say about it is that you have to see it. It is not about being a masterpiece or having million dollar budget, it is about feelings that will stay inside you for a while after seeing this. I don't know if somebody can imagine to be in position of Jakub, but I would like to be on his place every time he is spending his time in garden where you can feel the touch of ages. I think for people outside of Slovakia it could be nice look into Slovakian way of thinking.

Enjoy

Martin Sulik's poetic vision of reality offers an interesting probe into the relationship between an elderly father (Marian Labuda) and his son Jakub (Roman Luknar) in his early 30's. The main story is happening in the old garden, which belonged to Jakub's grand father. In this mysterious place he finds the peace he was looking for so desperately. What is even more important - the father and the son finally find the way to each other. Like in other Sulik's movies, the plot, story and tension are not the most important. This kind of poetic cinematography is more about the mood and quite hardly identifiable joy coming from "no one knows what". A timeless independent movie. Good work.