| The Garden of Desires | |
| Director: | Ali Khamraev |
| Producer: | Lyudmila Gabelaya |
| Starring: | Marianna Velizheva |
| Music: | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Cinematography: | Vladimir Klimov |
| Editing: | Vera Ostrinskaya |
| Studio: | Mosfilm |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
The Garden of Desires (Russian: Сад желаний|Sad zhelaniy) is a 1987 Soviet drama film directed by Ali Hamroyev.[1]
The film is set during the last summer before the Great Patriotic War. Three sisters are coming to stay with their grandmother in the village. They imagine the world as a vast and charming garden of desires and all members of the household are waiting for Asya's birthday. Asya has a sense of foreboding regarding the impending grief. Guests come to visit but none of them are her parents. She still does not know that her father was declared an enemy of the people, that tomorrow she will not see her mother and that the war is approaching.