The Garden of God

Around Christmas time, four everyday men, Kontos, Psilos, Alekos, and Sinoue, decide to reinvent themselves because in “the Garden of God” nothing ever changes... They play football, go to church, learn to dance, recite poetry, lose their friends, hit their enemies, draw the wishes they want to send in their own breath. They go all the way... They riot, burn mattresses, break planks, bleed and promise themselves that this Christmas they’ll make their way down to the sea... A prison story leads to a film about human pain and friendship.

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Direction: Takis Spyridakis

Script: Takis Spyridakis

Cinematography: Yorgos Argyroiliopoulos

Editing: Christos Santantsoglou

Sound: Yannis Iliopoulos, Kostas Triantafyllopoulos, Christos Triantafyllou

Music: Leonidas Hatzileodiades

Actors: Vangelis Mourikis, Kostas Makropoulos, Dinos Makris, Nick Calamo, Babis Alatzas, Takis Spyridakis, Giorgos Kleidonas

Production: Afaia Film Production

Producers: Takis Spyridakis

Costumes: Sofia Zouberi

Sets: Sofia Zouberi

Make Up: Alexandra Venieri, Sofia Zouberi, Lina Kossyfidou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 1994

Duration: 117΄

Awards/Distinctions: Best New Director, Best Cinematography, Best Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up – Thessaloniki IFF 1994

Takis Spyridakis

Filmography

1989 Veracruz (short)
1994 The Garden of God