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Also known as Cement Garden

1993 film by Andrew Birkin

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6.7

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.

Released: 1993-02-20101 minDir: Andrew BirkinDramaBox office: $322,975

Cast

  • Andrew Robertson as Jack
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg as Julie
  • Alice Coulthard as Sue
  • Ned Birkin as Tom
  • Sinéad Cusack as Mother
  • Hanns Zischler as Father

Themes

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

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Ratings

IMDb

7/10

5,650 votes

Year
1993
Runtime
101 min
Genres
Drama
Rated
Not Rated
Awards
2 wins & 3 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
France
Original language
English language
Main subject
incest
Screenwriter
Ian McEwan
Duration
105
FilmAffinity ID
413363
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1993-08-12
title
The Cement Garden
after a work by
Ian McEwan
executive producer
Bernd Eichinger
distributed by
Netflix
review score
83%
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