The Cement Garden

"Love knows no limits."

Feb 11 1994 Not Rated 1h 45m
Drama

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.

Plot

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from an unidentified illness. Rather than going to hospital, and letting the authorities foster her children, she opens a bank account for them so they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. After she dies, the 2 older siblings decide to hide her body in the basement. Soon they begin to suffer, both the emotional strains and pressures of their situation, as well as the changes which happen during adolescence.

Written by

Andrew Birkin, Ian McEwan

Directed by

Andrew Birkin

Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Andrew Robertson, Alice Coulthard

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Germany, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Torii Production, Laurentic Film Productions, ZDF, Constantin Film

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations

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