Eedenistä Pohjoiseen
Garden Lovers
GARDEN LOVERS is a documentary love story about Finnish couples who
have a passion for gardening. The film with comic undertones looks at their stories behind the hedges. The garden provides
a framework for tales of relationship conflicts and joys; it depicts the many ways in which life can flourish; it gives strength
and unites, but it also becomes a meeting place for farewells. There is an invisible bond that grows between the couples in
the film; they comment and comfort each other with their own stories.
Director's Biography
Virpi Suutari, born 1967, is a Finnish filmmaker. She is the
author and director of such acclaimed documentary films like SIN, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT EVERYDAY CRIMES, VALKOINEN TAIVAS, THE
IDLE ONES (together with Susanna Helke) and AUF WIEDERSEHEN FINNLAND. In 2006, CROSSING EUROPE dedicated its tribute to Suutari
and Helke in 2006. // Films (selection): PITKIN TIETÄ PIENI LAPSI (Along the Road Little Child, 2005, doc; CE '06), AUF WIEDERSEHEN
FINNLAND (2010, doc), HILTON! – TÄÄLLÄ OLLAAN ELÄMÄ (Hilton! – Here for Life, 2013, doc; CE ’14), EEDENISTÄ POHJOISEEN (Garden
Lovers 2014, doc)
European Panorama 2015
Virpi Suutari
Finland 2014
color
72
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Virpi Suutari
Cinematography
Heikki Färm (F.S.C.)
Editing
Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound/Sounddesign Olli Huhtanen
Music Sanna Salmenkallio
Producer(s) Ulla Simonen (MADE)
Production
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