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The Garden

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67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
After the death of its overbearing matriarch, a family's dynamics begin to change.

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Kate Taylor Globe and Mail 09/13/2017
3/4
The cinematic escape, that sense one has actually visited this time, this place and these people, is remarkable. Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter 07/25/2017
Relaxed in its rhythms but not in its outlook, which is at once universal and pleasingly specific, and admirably loose-limbed yet densely packed with details ... Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 07/03/2017
A portrait of a bourgeois German family's 1970s summer that feels deliciously and authentically present-tense. Go to Full Review Ander Macazaga Conde Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 06/21/2018
The three generations of women are the true axis of the story, from the grandmother who is preparing the funeral to the granddaughter who is celebrating her birthday. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review James Lattimer Cinema Scope 11/14/2017
The only element of The Garden worth marvelling at is the amount of money seemingly lavished on its production design. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 09/07/2017
2/4
...a genial, far-too-inconsequential bit of prosaic filmmaking. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Sonja Kröner

Director

Thomas Loibl

Bernd

Laura Tonke

Eva

Ursula Werner

Ilse

Christine Schorn

Frieda

Günther Maria Halmer

Erich
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Movie Info

Synopsis After the death of its overbearing matriarch, a family's dynamics begin to change.
Director
Sonja Kröner
Producer
Tobias Walker, Philipp Worm
Screenwriter
Sonja Kröner
Production Co
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Walker Worm Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2019
Runtime
1h 37m