The Cement Garden

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Andrew Robertson

Jack

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Julie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 91%

Alice Coulthard

Sue

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Ned Birkin

Tom

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Sinéad Cusack

Mother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Hanns Zischler

Father

Age : 77 | Popularity : 43%

Jochen Horst

Derek, Julie's Friend

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Gareth Brown

William

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Andrew Birkin
	Novel	Ian McEwan
Directing	Director	Andrew Birkin
Sound	Music	Ed Shearmur
Editing	Editor	Toby Tremlett
Art	Production Design	Bernd Lepel
	Art Direction	Amanda Grenville
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Bernd Lepel
Production	Executive Producer	Bernd Eichinger Martin Moszkowicz
	Producer	Bee Gilbert
	Co-Producer	Sylvia Montalti Stephen O'Rourke
Camera	Director of Photography	Stephen Blackman
Department	Role	Name

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