Cement Garden (1993)

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Avg Rating: 4.3 / 5. Voted: 92

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Directed by: Andrew Birkin
Starring: Andrew Robertson (Jack), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Julie), Alice Coulthard (Sue), Ned Birkin (Tom), Sinead Cusack (Mum), Hanns Zischler (Dad), Jochen Horst (Derek)
Country: UK, European Cinema
Language: English (English subs)
Runtime: 01:40:59
Genres: Siblings-Family, Incest, CrossDressing, Teensploitation

Plot – Spoilers:
Jack is a loner 15 year-old detached from the goings-on at home. Instead, he prefers to head to a dump after school and jerk off, often narcissistically looking at his own reflection. His distant and snappy father dies one afternoon and things come to a head when mother is laid up in bed soon after, depressed and ill.

Jack has a little sister and brother, but it’s his 17 year-old sister Julie who fascinates him. He yearns for her attention while she constantly reminds him of his selfishness and moodiness and often bullies him into errands. But beneath her rude and distant behavior lies a deeper connection between the two that will rise to the fore after mother dies and they make a strange decision regarding her burial.

The Cement Garden is a remarkable work in British Cinema not just for its competence in adapting the Ian McEwan novel, but also for the natural and brilliant acting from all the kids (Charlotte Gainsbourg was actually 22).

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KAN
KAN
December 5, 2023 6:51 pm

Very much like a TV movie from the 60s – dull and boring, but you keep watching just in case something exciting happens.
It doesn’t!

La Angelita
La Angelita
July 23, 2023 2:59 am

A very raw movie. I felt like I was in the m9vies w a nostalgic 80s vibe. It also hit me in the pit of my stomach the incest when I was getting abused by my stepfather.

Exortine
Exortine
March 21, 2022 5:42 pm

Damn i thought this movie just about twisted incest siste-brother relationship but there so much more of the story and the experienced i got is just beautifull

iliketwitedshit
iliketwitedshit
January 11, 2021 11:54 pm

yawn asf..no plot and no point..ideal movie toaid insomniacs. 3/10

Shy. Sick. Depraved.
Shy. Sick. Depraved.
August 16, 2020 10:17 pm

Masterpiece.