The Cement Garden
Synopsis
Jack is fifteen, unkempt and unhappy. He feels cut off from the rest of his family but, at the same time, drawn towards his self-confident and pretty sixteen-year-old sister Julie, who doesnt appear to suffer from any of the problems of puberty. Jack's father rules the family with the affected air of an ex-officer. His mother attempts to smooth the waves. Her loving, albeit weak motherly influence is reserved in particular for her six-year-old son, Tom, who is obviously her favourite. Twelve-year-old Sue, on the other hand, has withdrawn into her own world of books and secret thoughts. Their house stands alone in the midst of a no-mans land, surrounded by the ruins of what used to be a residential area. One day Dad gives up on the weeds outside ; he sets to work cementing the entire garden...
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Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Torii Production
- Foreign production companies : Laurentic ltd., ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Constantin Film (DE), BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
- Film exports/foreign sales : Constantin Film (DE)
- French distribution : CTV International
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriter : Andrew Birkin
- Director of Photography : Stephen Blackman
- Music Composer : Edward Shearmur
- Editor : Toby Tremlett
- Sound Recordist : Guillaume Sciama
- Costume designer : Bernd Lepel
- Foreign producers : Bernd Eichinger, Bee Gilbert
- Author of original work : Ian Mc Ewan
- Line Producer : Martin Moszkowicz
- Co-producer : Sylvia Montalti
- Sound Assistant : Olivier Burgaud
- Production Manager : Norbert Preuss
- Press Attaché (film) : Matilde Incerti
- Production Designers : Bernd Lepel, Amanda Grenville
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Germany, Great Britain, France
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Germany, Great Britain, France)
- Production year : 1993
- French release : 15/12/1993
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 80.755
- Visa issue date : 10/01/1994
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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