The owner of the Garden is a fellow named Abraham. His wife is named Sarah. His only son is named Isaac. The Garden is somewhere in Jerusalem, about 1977--when the film was made. Someone--named Mr. Moshe--wants to buy the garden for 1.6 million lira. Abraham refuses to sell. (The Biblical allusions would be clear to anyone who was Jewish; but like all parables, the message--if there is one--could be lost in the telling.) The other story is about a mute girl who is being chased by 3 moped riding young thugs... One of them attempts to rape her--without success... She finds her way to the garden and eventually, the fat thug does manage to do violate her in the garden , and she ends up naked and in the garden...
Abraham sees her and thinks she is an Angel sent by God, and gives food offerings for her--but no clothing... (After all, he sincerely thinks she is an Angel of the Lord.) He does not tell Sarah, his wife, but he does tell one of his friends that he has an Angel in his garden--and the viewer is left to question how much detail he revealed to his friends...
Towards the end of the film, the thugs show up again to try and rape the mute girl--still naked--only to be interrupted by Isaac. One of the thugs--the rapist--throws a stone at Isaac wounding him and making him unconscious. The Angel comes to his assistance, revives him, and Isaac now is wondering what she really is. Isaac seems to think she is indeed an Angel...
By the end of the movie, the Angel has disappeared, and Abraham decides to sell his garden so at least and at last Isaac can be rich.
And yes Melanie Griffith--at about aged 20--is a winsome naked Angel--for the last half of the film. Perhaps the 'message' is that women are indeed Angels, especially when they are naked and silent and young and winsome...
I'm told she does not list this film as part of her oeuvre, but she really has nothing to be ashamed of; she followed the director's instructions and gives a more than acceptable interpretation as a female deaf mute to be interpreted by Abrahm as an Angel.
Abraham sees her and thinks she is an Angel sent by God, and gives food offerings for her--but no clothing... (After all, he sincerely thinks she is an Angel of the Lord.) He does not tell Sarah, his wife, but he does tell one of his friends that he has an Angel in his garden--and the viewer is left to question how much detail he revealed to his friends...
Towards the end of the film, the thugs show up again to try and rape the mute girl--still naked--only to be interrupted by Isaac. One of the thugs--the rapist--throws a stone at Isaac wounding him and making him unconscious. The Angel comes to his assistance, revives him, and Isaac now is wondering what she really is. Isaac seems to think she is indeed an Angel...
By the end of the movie, the Angel has disappeared, and Abraham decides to sell his garden so at least and at last Isaac can be rich.
And yes Melanie Griffith--at about aged 20--is a winsome naked Angel--for the last half of the film. Perhaps the 'message' is that women are indeed Angels, especially when they are naked and silent and young and winsome...
I'm told she does not list this film as part of her oeuvre, but she really has nothing to be ashamed of; she followed the director's instructions and gives a more than acceptable interpretation as a female deaf mute to be interpreted by Abrahm as an Angel.