Canada 
Mexico 
Spain 
UK 
Ireland 
Australia 
Argentina 
Chile 
Colombia 
Uruguay 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Ecuador 
Venezuela 
Costa Rica 
Honduras 
Guatemala 
Bolivia 
Dominican Rep. Gardens of the Night
- Original title
- Gardens of the Night
- Year
- 2008
- Running time
- 110 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
-
Gillian Jacobs
Evan Ross
Tom Arnold
John Malkovich
Ryan Simpkins
Harold Perrineau
Jeremy Sisto
Kevin Zegers
Ty Simpkins- Max Van Ville
- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United States-United Kingdom;
- Genre
- Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. Drugs. Prostitution. Sexual Abuse
- Synopsis
- In San Diego, fifteen-year-old Leslie hesitatingly enters a shelter. Her answers to questions about her family are evasive. Eight years earlier: Leslie is living with her parents. On her way to school two men from her neighbourhood ask her to help them find a dog that they presume is playing somewhere with her own dog. Leslie walks back with them but they can’t find the dog. Leslie is now late for school and so the men offer to drive her there. In the car, she discovers that Alex and Frank both work for Leslie’s father. After school, Leslie is surprised to see the two men again, who have now come to pick her up because her parents have apparently been called away on urgent business; the men have come to take Leslie to her parents. Leslie is given something to drink and falls unconscious. In her semi-conscious state she vaguely senses that they are on a long car journey. Some time later she wakes up in a tiny bedroom. There is a boy in the same room – Donnie – who has been heavily drugged. Leslie loses consciousness again. This marks the beginning of their ordeal as child prostitutes. While Donnie believes that his drug-addicted mother has simply sold him, Leslie is told that her parents want nothing to do with her any more. Deeply ashamed of her current situation, Leslie even believes them.
The truth does not surface until Leslie, not knowing where else to go, turns up at the children’s shelter. She returns to her family, but nothing is the way it used to be.- Awards
-
2008: Berlin International Film Festival: nominated to Golden Bear - Best Picture.
- Critics' reviews
-
-
"The film gives vivid reality to those photos of disappeared children on milk cartons"
- Movie Soulmates' ratings
-
Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
- Friends' ratings
-
Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.
Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.
For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org
