Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Jon Whiteley had a great potential to became a star but sadly stop your brief career,remembering he in Moonfleet so amazing acting,this turn plays a young boy who has to follow your bitter father in sunny small city in Spain,meeting a young gardener quickly became friends,which hassled a jealous father,this touching drama suggest a proper question...why the British people are so cold instead Latin people,is it implied so hard in this story...in fact both different ethnicities are the main factor for such culture shock increasingly for a unsolved father...the amazing landscape and amazing spots at Catalonia deserves receive some credit to the picture.Resume: First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7

angelofvic The Spanish Gardener is a quiet, beautifully emotional film. Dirk Bogarde shines as a loving and convincingly Spanish gardener and athlete in small-town Spain, where stuffed shirt Harrington Brande (veteran British actor Michael Hordern) has been stationed as a small-time diplomat. Brande's son Nicholas (young Jon Whiteley) is kept out of school, out of the sun, and out of other children's company, ever since his mother left the family. The possessive, stuffy single father becomes repressive and protective of his only child when Nicholas shows interest in the outdoors life of the gentle, loving gardener.With a sub-plot somewhat similar to 'Captains Courageous' regarding the education of fathers, and excellent performances all around, this is a fine film for fans of classic films.

Tim Kidner I don't want to sound mean or be too harsh on this minor film.However, a plainly irritating, "delicate" (as his father calls him) curly blonde schoolboy and a charisma-free Dirk Bogarde, who could have at least sprung up some light accent don't make for great entertainment these days.Michael Horden, however, is perfect as the work-is-all diplomat, who's so far removed from real life by his over protection for his son, that the story becomes about him and of a spent dinosaur of imperialist bigot-ism. Every other review chants on about homophobic this and that, but, any child, boy or girl who is cocooned by an oft absent but overbearing single parent is going to find company, solace and friendship in any stranger who spends any time at all within their sight or grasp. Thus, it's perfectly natural for that child to explore beyond the strict boundaries set out - it's natural exploration. Any adult who sees a change for the better in that child is most likely to quietly encourage it.Jose (Bogarde) is just an everyday Joe and as the Spanish Gardener in question, sees the increasing injustices to the boy and then, to himself. Quietly reliable, he is the opposite to the boy's father and so they click. Interfering house staff, fed up with both master and child do them no favours. The film then proceeds in a routine manner of misunderstanding, injustice and then, not wanting to spoil the ending...The Technicolour is pallid, you don't see much of Spain and so the overall effect is a bit of a non-event but there is a story there and quite a good one at that.

John Frame Nicholas is a `sensitive' British pre-teen, an overprotected only son who is forced by circumstance to accompany his unfamiliar father to a new posting as Ambassador to a Spanish region.The residential estate's handsome gardener, Jose (played by Dirk Bogarde), takes the boy under his wing, teaching him to enjoy his physicality, the beauty of nature and the joy of life itself.Even though the father appreciates the burgeoning health and happiness in his son, he allows jealousy and internalised homophobia to determine his actions.In a dramatic conclusion father, son and friend all prove their integrity and devotion.Over the years, each time I've seen this film I'm amazed by its beautiful colour and enthralled the interplay of the characters. I get a greater feeling of the father as a self-loathing homosexual - but there is no evidence that this is the case. Certainly the audience must expect an accusation of paedophilia - but when Jose is accused of stealing and imprisoned, then that still gets him out of Nicholas' life. The Spanish Gardener is, above all, a fine film about the value of `mentoring'.