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The Garden

1983 · 31 min

A dense, cerebral puzzle that unfolds in hushed rooms, demanding close attention as it blurs time and motive.

Directed by
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Chin Go Pin, Vitautas Paukshte, Leonid Pleshakov
Overview
Soviet film based on Borges' "Garden of Forking Paths." The film tells about the events that occurred on the eve of the British offensive in Saint-Montauban on July 24, 1916. A screen version of the short story of the famous Argentine classic Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986). Course work by Alexander Kaidanovsky, as a director, at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors at VGIK. "Pavilion" for filming was chosen a room in a communal apartment on Vorovskogo street, where Alexander Kaidanovsky lived.

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Directed by
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Chin Go Pin, Vitautas Paukshte, Leonid Pleshakov
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • war
  • memory
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Starring
Chin Go Pin, Vitautas Paukshte, Leonid Pleshakov, Iosif Kavalerchik
Runtime
31 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
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