The Gardener
2016, Latvian. Directed by Madara Dišlere.
The old gardener works all day in harmony with nature’s rhythms and the wisdom of the ancient Latvians. His happiness and fulfillment is a garden that no longer belongs to him, but he feels like it does due to his large contribution to it. He speaks to the garden, and it responds, giving him shelter and a rich harvest. Autumn arrives and there is much work, more than the gardener can handle. The young homeowners, desiring to make the gardener’s life easier, hire a new gardener. The old gardener’s love of the garden and his unwillingness to share it with anyone else leads him to make an inevitable decision to stay in the garden of his family forever. This is a poetically symbolic story about disappearing time, the land and modern reality.
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- 0h 20m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Latvian
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- Released
- 4 May 2016
- Original title
- Dārznieks
- Country
- Latvia
- Written by
- Madara Dišlere
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The Gardener isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 May 2016. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Gardener?
If you liked The Gardener, try The Young One, The Secret Garden, A Better Life.
Who directed The Gardener?
The Gardener (2016) was directed by Madara Dišlere and stars Valdis Villerušs, Pēteris Akmeņlauks, Gundars Jakobsons.