The Cement Garden

6.8
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 105 min
  • Premiere: 1993. February 20.

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.

Discover

Jochen Horst

Derek, Julie's Friend

Gareth Brown

William

William Hootkins

Commander Hunt (voice)

Dick Flockhart

Truck Driver

Mike Clarke

Driver's Mate

Art

Amanda Grenville

Art Direction

Bernd Lepel

Production Design

Camera

Stephen Blackman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bernd Lepel

Costume Design

Directing

Andrew Birkin

Director

Editing

Production

Martin Moszkowicz

Executive Producer

Sylvia Montalti

Co-Producer

Stephen O'Rourke

Co-Producer

Bernd Eichinger

Executive Producer

Bee Gilbert

Producer

Sound

Edward Shearmur

Original Music Composer

Writing

Art

Amanda Grenville

Art Direction

Bernd Lepel

Production Design

Camera

Stephen Blackman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bernd Lepel

Costume Design

Directing

Andrew Birkin

Director

Editing

Production

Martin Moszkowicz

Executive Producer

Sylvia Montalti

Co-Producer

Stephen O'Rourke

Co-Producer

Bernd Eichinger

Executive Producer

Bee Gilbert

Producer

Sound

Edward Shearmur

Original Music Composer

Writing