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Dec 8, 2018 · The Spanish Gardener. by. 1956. Topics. Drama. Item Size. 650.2M. A rather undiplomatic British diplomat takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas. The posting is something of a disappointment to the father, who was hoping for a promotion.
Jan 21, 2020 · The Spanish Gardener 1956. After his wife leaves him, a British diplomat takes up a lowly new post in Spain accompanied by his son who forms a relationship with their gardener of whom his...
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Nicholas sees it all as something of an adventure and soon becomes friends with the new gardener, Jose. As Nicholas begins to spend more time with Jose, his father takes offense and is concerned at the boy's loss of affection for him. It leads him to bar Nicholas from even speaking to the gardener. And soon tensions mount.
Set on the Costa Brava in Spain, a gentle Spanish gardener, Jose, befriends Nicholas, the frail 10-year-old son of the household and in doing so falls foul of the boys father, a failed diplomat tortured by his own marital and career inadequacies.
The Spanish Gardener is a 1956 VistaVision and Technicolor film based on the 1950 eponymous novel by A. J. Cronin. The film, which stars Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley, was directed by Philip Leacock. The adaptation was filmed both at Pinewood Studios near London and in Palamós nearby Mas Juny estate, as well as in S'Agaro, on the Costa Brava ...
Jun 27, 2016 · The Spanish Gardener. June 27, 2016 Old Yorker Film review. Philip Leacock (1956) Based on a novel by A J Cronin (with a screenplay by John Bryan and Lesley Storm), this British drama is limited yet the narrowness of its focus gives it a peculiar intensity.
