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The Gardener

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After the loss of her husband and father, Sabena Weathers fights to preserve her family's cosmetics empire while facing a hostile takeover. Seeking refuge, she retreats to a remote mountaintop garden cottage, where a chance encounter with a simple gardener sparks a powerful journey of love, self-discovery, and transformation. Rooted in quiet mystery and emotional truth, THE GARDENER explores loss, healing, and the courage to realize one's true self.

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Robyn S @robynsandys 16h A beautiful and spiritual film that helps one realize what is really important in one's life. Great acting, music and story. Would highly recommend. See more Mark F @RT77232710 1d In an era choked by frantic pacing and manufactured tension, Dabney Day’s The Gardener dares to plant its roots in absolute stillness. Releasing just yesterday, this film completely breaks the mood of usual contemporary filmmaking. It demands that the audience slow down and inhabit the heavy, unspoken grief of cosmetics heiress Sabena Weathers (Radha Mitchell) without rushing to a neat resolution. Day reaches deep into the soil of the human condition. Instead of focusing on the expected boardroom drama of a hostile corporate takeover, the director uses the remote mountaintop cottage and the enigmatic gardener (Miller) as a quiet canvas for emotional excavation. The Vibe: Defiant, meditative, and deliberately unhurried. The Verdict: A rare, introspective drama that lets you feel the heavy passage of time and the slow blooming of healing. It is an exercise in profound, grounded vulnerability See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis After the loss of her husband and father, Sabena Weathers fights to preserve her family's cosmetics empire while facing a hostile takeover. Seeking refuge, she retreats to a remote mountaintop garden cottage, where a chance encounter with a simple gardener sparks a powerful journey of love, self-discovery, and transformation. Rooted in quiet mystery and emotional truth, THE GARDENER explores loss, healing, and the courage to realize one's true self.
Director
Dabney Day
Producer
Dabney Day
Screenwriter
Dabney Day
Distributor
Area 23a
Production Co
Sunflower Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 17, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 47m