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The Garden

55.93 %|Sep 6, 1990|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Derek Jarman
Director
Richard Heslop
Camera Operator
Derek Jarman
Director of Photography
Peter Cartwright
Editor
Annie Symons
Costume Designer
James Mackay
Producer
Derek Jarman
Writer
Simon Fisher-Turner
Original Music Composer

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Cast

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Tilda Swinton
Madonna/Voice Overs
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Spencer Leigh
Mary Magdalene / Adam
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Jody Graber
Young Boy
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Dawn Archibald
Nature Spirit
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Milo Bell
Cast Member
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Vernon Dobtcheff
Old Man at Sauna
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Michael Gough
Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
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Maribelle La Manchega
Spanish Dancer
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Jack Birkett
Pontius (Orlando)
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Leslie Randall
Old Man at Sauna
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Mike Tezcan
Policeman
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Matthew Wilde
Policeman
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Stephen McBride
Narrator (voice)