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The Cement Garden (1993)

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.
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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.

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Genre:Drama
Directed By:Andrew Birkin
Written By:Andrew Birkin
In Theaters:12/25/1993
Box Office:$322,975
Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:Laurentic Film Productions, Torii Production, ZDF, Constantin Film

Cast

Director

Andrew Birkin

Director

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Andrew Robertson

Jack

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Charlotte Gainsbourg

Julie

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Alice Coulthard

Sue

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Ned Birkin

Tom

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Sinéad Cusack

Mother

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Hanns Zischler

Father

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Jochen Horst

Derek, Julie's Friend

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Gareth Brown

William

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William Hootkins

Commander Hunt (voice)

cast

Dick Flockhart

Truck Driver

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Mike Clarke

Driver's Mate

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