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The Cement Garden (1993)

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Love knows no limits.

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.

Cast & Crew

Director
Andrew Birkin
  • Profile picture of Andrew Robertson
    Jack Andrew Robertson
  • Profile picture of Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Julie Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • Profile picture of Alice Coulthard
    Sue Alice Coulthard
  • Profile picture of Ned Birkin
    Tom Ned Birkin
  • Profile picture of Sinéad Cusack
    Mother Sinéad Cusack
  • Profile picture of Hanns Zischler
    Father Hanns Zischler
  • Profile picture of Jochen Horst
    Derek, Julie's Friend Jochen Horst
  • Profile picture of William Hootkins
    Commander Hunt (voice) William Hootkins

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Keywords

  • puberty
  • beach
  • sibling relationship
  • based on novel or book
  • sports car
  • diary
  • coming of age
  • dead body
  • incest
  • kite
  • orphan siblings