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The Cement Garden

67.9% | Feb 20, 1993
Drama

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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Ian McEwan
Novel
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Andrew Birkin
Writer
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Andrew Birkin
Director
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Amanda Grenville
Art Direction
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Martin Moszkowicz
Executive Producer
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Sylvia Montalti
Co-Producer
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Stephen O'Rourke
Co-Producer
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Bernd Lepel
Costume Design
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Stephen Blackman
Director of Photography
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Bernd Eichinger
Executive Producer
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Bee Gilbert
Producer
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Bernd Lepel
Production Design

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