Garden of Life
Nov 19, 2017 | IMDB 0
72 min Watch NowDocumentary
In the past, the now 82-year-old Leo happily traveled with his wife Riet to faraway lands. But since the first signs of Alzheimer’s, the father-in-law of filmmaker Marco Niemeijer prefers his own backyard above anywhere else. There, surrounded by his beloved trees and plants, Leo tries to keep hold of his increasingly confusing existence. Over the course of a year, Niemeijer films Leo every month, from season to season. Whether rain or shine, Leo can always be found in his trouble-free refuge. At first his words and actions are coherent, but as time passes, these become increasingly illogical. Leo begins to wander more aimlessly, playing with a thought and then losing it. Various mantras help him deal with his situation, such as "What I’m not looking for, I will not miss." The intimate yard scenes alternate with old home videos made by Leo during his wanderlust years.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Roundhay Garden Scene
Taking Care
The Catastrophe Garden
Alive Inside
Home: The Country of Illusion
Mother
Help! I'm No Bigger Than a Bug
The Marvelous Wild World of the Vegetable Garden
La bisabuela tiene Alzheimer
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Flowing Water
No me acuerdo ahora
Going to Work Naked
Storm in a Teacup
East of the Malverns
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
The Eternal Memory
Het Muziekmedicijn
A Tattoo on My Brain
Nama Chukei! Nishiki no Aki no Kyoto Daigo no Momijigari
SIMILAR MOVIES
Roundhay Garden Scene
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 1888
The earliest surviving motion-picture film, and believed to be one of the very first moving images ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken on paper-based photographic film in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK), on 14 October 1888. The film shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince’s son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley (Le Prince’s mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley, and Miss Harriet Hartley walking around in circles, laughing to themselves, and staying within the area framed by the camera. Roundhay Garden Scene is often associated with a recording speed of around 12 frames per second and runs for about 2 to 3 seconds.Taking Care
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
A film about Seth Rogen and his close relationship with Alzheimers, along with his “Hilarity for Charity” cause.The Catastrophe Garden
IMDB 10 | Apr , 2022
It is a daring idea: to grow food from old mattresses in a desolate camp at the edge of a war zone. When a refugee scientist meets two quirky professors, they must confront their own catastrophes - and make a garden grow. Short film now streaming on Waterbear.com.Alive Inside
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2014
Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease pain and awaken these fading minds. Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted.Home: The Country of Illusion
IMDB 8 | Mar , 2016
Lilia, a Colombian citizen, has lived in eight countries around the world. Now, at the age of 67, she grows old alone in Portugal, caring for an Alzheimer's patient. The filmmaker asks her mother Lilia if she has found home and if she will ever return to Colombia, her native country she hasn't visited for the past 40 years. HOME is a personal-approach documentary about loneliness and the sense of belonging.Mother
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2020
In a village in Thailand, Pomm works in a care center for Europeans with Alzheimer's. While she is separated from her children, she helps Elisabeth during the final stages of her life, as Maya, a new patient, is on her way from Switzerland.Help! I'm No Bigger Than a Bug
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2008
ITV Naturalist Nigel Marven stars in this drama-documentary in which he explores his own back garden, in all its intricate detail. Shrunk to the size of an ant, he and his two companions - technical assistant Laura Green (Sarah Matravers) and driver Doug Kruger (Robin Lawrence) - embark on a mission to cross Nigel's back garden in just 24 hours. Along the way they meet some of the many thousands of creatures that fight for survival every day in these urban jungles .The Marvelous Wild World of the Vegetable Garden
IMDB 7.5 | May , 2022
This is the story of a vegetable garden, from the first seeds to the harvest. But this garden is different, because here the gardener has decided to banish pesticides and other chemicals, and to be helped only by discreet workers, the insects. As we dive into the heart of this plant kingdom, we discover thousands of tiny lives that organize themselves as in a micro-society: decomposing insects, recyclers, pollinators, the workers of the garden work to maintain a fragile balance within the vegetable garden. As the plants grow and begin to produce their first vegetables, the incredible interactions between insects and plants help protect the future harvest. But it is also their personal stories that punctuate the life of the garden. Between parades, mutual aid and attempted putsch, the story of the vegetable garden thus takes the form of a true nature tale.La bisabuela tiene Alzheimer
IMDB 0 | May , 2012
A meeting between the daughter and the grandmother of the director, Iván Mora Manzano, at a time when the memories of one, the girl’s, were taking shape, and the other’s the grandmother’s, were vanishing. This starting point is used as a pretext to talk about other topics such as the importance of family memories and the search for memory.Dick Johnson Is Dead
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2020
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.Flowing Water
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2017
This documentary tells the story of the revitalization of the Longwood Garden's (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) Main Fountain Garden, a lavish jewel in the crown of one of the greatest collections of fountains in the United States.No me acuerdo ahora
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2025
For more than a decade, my grandmother has been the tireless caregiver of my grandfather, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Through this story, we explore the love, sacrifice, and despair of someone who devotes their life to caring for another.Going to Work Naked
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2005
Documentary looking at naturists who work naked.Storm in a Teacup
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2019
Australian artist Leon Pericles faces his greatest challenge: holding an exhibition of his life's works while facing the mental decline of his wife and collaborator Moira, as Alzheimer's disease turns their world upside down.East of the Malverns
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1957
Scenic route through the Vale of Evesham, Worcester and Great Malvern, with a detour to a lost masterpiece of outsider art.Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2025
In his most personal documentary yet, Chris Hemsworth turns the camera on his own family after his dad’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis. They embark on a road trip into their past, exploring the science of social connection and how it can support memory function. They revisit meaningful places and faces, capturing it all as a home movie, and reviving treasured recollections.The Eternal Memory
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2023
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.Het Muziekmedicijn
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2025
The threat of dementia is affecting more and more people. As they slowly lose their memories and physical abilities, music proves to be a miraculous source of comfort, vitality, and hope. How is it, for example, that people with dementia often remember music longer than their own names?A Tattoo on My Brain
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2023
A documentary based on Daniel Gibbs' book A Tattoo on My Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease.Nama Chukei! Nishiki no Aki no Kyoto Daigo no Momijigari
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2011