The Garden

The Garden

1990
1h 28m
5.5

5.5/10

31 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
ZDF British Screen Productions Basilisk Communications Uplink Space Shower TV Sohbi Kikaku Channel 4 Television
Production Countries
United Kingdom Germany Japan
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date September 6, 1990
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0099634

Cast

Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton

Madonna/Voice Overs

Johnny Mills
Johnny Mills

Lover

Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald

Joseph

Pete Lee-Wilson
Pete Lee-Wilson

Devil

Spencer Leigh
Spencer Leigh

Mary Magdalene / Adam

Jody Graber
Jody Graber

Young Boy

Roger Cook
Roger Cook

Christ

Kevin Collins
Kevin Collins

Lover

Dawn Archibald
Dawn Archibald

Nature Spirit

Milo Bell
Milo Bell

Cast Member

Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff

Old Man at Sauna

Michael Gough
Michael Gough

Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

Key Crew

Derek Jarman
Director
Derek Jarman
Writer
James Mackay
Producer
Takashi Asai
Executive Producer