In The Garden (2023)

In The Garden (2023)

A symbolic and layered rumination on the origins of Eve (or Hawwa in Arabic) in the prehistoric and eternal Garden of Eden.

IN THE GARDEN reimagines and retells the story of Eve (Hawa A.S.) and the serpent from the troubled and guilt-ridden perspective of Adam (Adem A.S.), presenting the first male gaze.

A sparse but meditative and non-dogmatic visual juxtaposition of nature and humaity, IN THE GARDEN, is a visual experiment that is really not erotic in any way, but it subverts the genre's expectations.

As the wildress grows around her, Eve (played by Sophia Jade) grows too. She awakens fully formed and standing upright amongst the natural world surrounding her. The serpent adorns her, and weaves itself into her form. She soon finds herself unclothed and alone in a new world. A mysterious door behind her could be her past or future. She goes from alive to dead to undead and back to alive. Adam watches her. Is the viewer Adam?

This experimental and surreal short film was written, directed, produced, shot, sound designed and edited by Ramzi Abed with original music provided by long-time collaborator Ken Cravens' musical project, all lowercase letters.

The film is available to watch for free here on Vimeo presently, and will be making the rounds at various experiemental and underground film/video festivals in 2023 and 2024.

In The Garden (2023)