3 Movies Featuring Garden Gnomes
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Garden gnomes are highly cultural objects. They represent, above all, little men staged in your garden.
But did you know that some of them have become 7th century stars? art !
And yes, many films have had fun showing friendly little gnomes on screen. In this article, we invite you to discover 3 of them.
The fabulous destiny of Amélie Poulain
A cult work by Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 2001, the fabulous destiny of Amélie Poulain tells the story of a young Parisian woman who decided to devote her life to making people happy and bringing happiness, in small ways.
Among all the happy stories she is guilty of, she decides to bring a smile to her father's face by kidnapping his beloved garden gnome. An anecdote that will remind us of the garden gnome liberation front.
But she won't stop at just kidnapping him. She'll even take him around the world, sending postcards here and there to his father.
This sequence also gave some ideas since a Breton resident whose garden gnome had been stolen also found herself receiving photos of her gnome who had gone sightseeing!
Project X
Project X tells the story of high school seniors in California who decide to throw a memorable party for their 17th birthday. Only, they are a little overwhelmed by events (that's an understatement) because hundreds of people show up to the party.
Among all the adventures that will happen to them this weekend, he finds himself with a more or less… original garden gnome. Indeed, instead of handling a wheelbarrow or a small rake as we are used to, this lunatic offers us his most beautiful middle finger!
The poor creature is transformed into a ball and is destroyed during the evening by a blow from a baseball bat.
A whole generation of young people have rediscovered garden gnomes, which have gained a nice boost in popularity following this film. Today you can buy your own " middle finger garden gnome ".
Also find our collection on our site.
Gnomeo and Juliet
Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare.
A benchmark romance, it has served as the basis for numerous works and films depicting forbidden love.
Among the many film adaptations, we did not expect to see a rewriting of this story whose stars are other than... garden gnomes!
Gnomeo and Juliet (the title suggests the genre we're embarking on) is an animated film produced by Disney and released in 2011 which tells us about the work of the British theatre man.
Instead of having humans playing the role of lovers, the protagonists are all garden gnomes who will live out all their adventures in a patch of lawn.
This is probably the best way to share your love of little gnomes with your children.
