The Cement Garden
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.
Year: 1993
Genre: Drama
Studio: Laurentic Film Productions, Torii Production, ZDF, Constantin Film
Director: Andrew Birkin
Cast: Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, Ned Birkin, Sinéad Cusack, Hanns Zischler
Crew: Ian McEwan (Novel), Andrew Birkin (Writer), Andrew Birkin (Director), Amanda Grenville (Art Direction), Martin Moszkowicz (Executive Producer), Sylvia Montalti (Co-Producer)
Runtime: 105 minutes
Release: Feb 20, 1993
IMDb: 6.79/10 by 99 users
Popularity: 1
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 322
Keyword : puberty, beach, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, sports car, diary, coming of age, dead body, incest, kite, orphan siblings
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