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The Cement Garden (1993)

The Cement Garden (1993)

Drama

Love knows no limits.

Release Date: 1993, February 20
Directors: Andrew Birkin
Countries: Germany, France, United Kingdom
Production: Laurentic Film Productions, Torii Production, ZDF, Constantin Film
Cast: William Hootkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sinéad Cusack, Hanns Zischler, Alice Coulthard, Mike Clarke, Andrew Robertson, Jochen Horst, Gareth Brown, Ned Birkin, Dick Flockhart

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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