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The Cement Garden

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The Cement Garden
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NR,1hr 41min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1993
Director:
Andrew Birkin
Distributor:
October Films
Starring:
Andrew Robertson, Andrew N. Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg  ...more
Synopsis: Ian McEwan's disturbing novel is given a chilly shimmer in this film adaptation by Andrew Birkin. The film takes place in a concrete slab of a house situated on the outskirts of an English town. The father (Hanns Zischer) is a consumptive creep, while the mother (Sinead Cusack) is a sweet and understanding matriarch. When the father dies of a heart attack after his garden is paved over, it is too much for the mother to bear, and after a few weeks she wastes away and also dies. This leaves the children ... Full Synopsis
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Laura Abraham, AMG Review
"Keep it in the family" takes on a new meaning -- both onscreen and off -- in Andrew Birkin's disturbing Cement Garden. The film stars two members of Birkin's own family, including his son Ned Birkin and his niece Charlotte Gainsbourgh as siblings Jack and Julie. The lack of parental control forces a mutation in the roles of brother and sister, a mutation that becomes the main theme of the tale. The ... Full Review
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