The Garden of Earthly Delights (film)

The Garden of Earthly Delights (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Garden of Earthly Delights


imdb_id = 0403056
director = Lech Majewski
writer = Lech Majewski
starring = Claudine Spiter
Chris Nightingale
distributor = Gutek Film
producer = Guido Cerasuolo
released = June 22, 2006
runtime = 103 min.
language = English

"The Garden of Earthly Delights" is a 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

* Claudine Spiter — Claudine
* Chris Nightingale — Chris
* Barry Chipperfield — National Gallery Warder
* Maria Novella Martinoli — Real Estate Agent
* Gian Campi — Professor Carrini
* Mariosa Marchiori — Woman in Black
* Lucrezia Unterholzner — Child

External links

* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/movies/22eart.html Lee, Nathan. (2006, June 22). "Asking the Great Questions While Lounging About Venice". The New York Times, p. B6]

* [http://www.gutekfilm.pl/ogrod-rozkoszy-ziemskich/ Official Site (in Polish)]

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