The Last Garden
The Last Garden
Eloise Jenninger
Royaume-uni, angleterre / 07'50 / 2024
Screenplay : Eloise Jenninger, Tania Amsel, Sam Barrow
Image : Beatrice Da Gama
Editing : Olivier Jones
Actors : Tania Amsel
Production company : National Film and Television School
Pour Henry, le jardin communautaire est son échappatoire au labeur quotidien de la ville. Cependant, le jour est venu de le démolir, mais Henry et sa communauté n’arrivent pas à se mettre d’accord sur la façon de le sauver.
A bee flies through a loud, smog-ridden city when it encounters seventy-year-old Henry, a gentle soul. Every day, he escapes his monotonous job to the city's last community garden. It is a jungle of colourful and vibrant life: Animals, bugs, and plants all living symbiotically with the gardeners. Until today. Drilling! Banging! Hammering! The decision has been made to build a shopping mall that will tear this garden apart. Henry is paralysed with confusion when Narjisse, a passionate young activist, instantly starts aggressively trying to rally the sceptical community, to no avail. Henry finds Narjisse’s approach disruptive and patronising. Instead, he smugly writes a letter to the Mayor. Days later, Narjisse is still protesting. Henry, annoyed, expresses his exasperation at her method. In the distance, diggers start rumbling. Henry and Narjisse, two generations, realise they need to join forces. This helps break the community’s apathy for hopefully a new beginning.
