The Garden of Earthly Delights (2004 film)
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Directed by | Lech Majewski |
Written by | Lech Majewski |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Language | English |
The Garden of Earthly Delights (Ogród rozkoszy ziemskich) is a 2004 film by the Polish director Lech Majewski. It follows two lovers as they roam Venice, Italy.
Plot[]
Claudine is a British art scholar who has a terminal case of throat cancer. She is in Venice to give a lecture on the Bosch triptych from which the film gets its name.
Claudine is accompanied in Venice by her lover, Chris, a nautical engineer. Together they explore the canals of Venice. Chris has brought his video camera, and the audience watches Claudine and Chris hang out, make love, swim, converse, rent an apartment, and recreate vignettes from the triptych.
Cast[]
- as Claudine
- as Chris
- as National Gallery Warder
- as Real Estate Agent
- as Professor Carrini
- as Woman in Black
- as Child
Evaluation[]
Ágnes Pethő suggests that the tableau vivant performances by the lovers to recreate images from the Bosch artwork break down the differences between and to celebrate art and life.[1]
References[]
- ^ Ágnes, Pethő (2015), ""Housing" a Deleuzian "Sensation:" Notes on the Post-Cinematic Tableaux Vivants of Lech Majewski, Sharunas Bartas and Ihor Podolchak", in Pethő, Ágnes (ed.), The Cinema of Sensations, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 155, 157–158, ISBN 978-1-4438-6883-9
External links[]
- 2004 films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Lech Majewski
- English-language Italian films
- Italian films
- Polish films
- 2004 romantic drama films
- Films set in Venice
- Polish film stubs
- 2000s romantic drama film stubs