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The Cement Garden is a British film of genre Drama directed by Andrew Birkin released in USA on 25 december 1993 with Andrew Robertson
The Cement Garden (1993)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 december 1993
Length 1h45
Directed by Andrew Birkin
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating69%
The Cement Garden is a 1993 British drama film directed by Andrew Birkin. It is based on the 1978 novel of the same name written by Ian McEwan. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Birkin won the Silver Bear for Best Director.
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The film begins with Jack, a narcissistic 15-year-old boy, helping his father, a smoker with a persistent cough, unload large bags of cement to resurface the garden path of their post-war era prefab house. Despite being told to come straight home from school to help with the work the next day, Jack stops by the remains of a torn-down prefab to smoke a cigarette and read a pornographic magazine he has hidden there. When he comes home, he excuses himself to go to the toilet, where he proceeds to masturbate. As he is doing so, his father collapses from a heart attack and dies.Actors
Andrew Robertson
(Jack)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Julie)
Alice Coulthard
(Sue)
Sinéad Cusack
(Mother)
Hanns Zischler
(Father)
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