Film

The Garden

1990 · 1h 28m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

Tilda Swinton

Madonna/Voice Overs

Johnny Mills

Lover

Philip MacDonald

Joseph

Pete Lee-Wilson

Devil

Spencer Leigh

Mary Magdalene / Adam

Jody Graber

Young Boy

Roger Cook

Christ

Kevin Collins

Lover

Dawn Archibald

Nature Spirit

Milo Bell

Cast Member

Vernon Dobtcheff

Old Man at Sauna

Michael Gough

Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

Maribelle La Manchega

Spanish Dancer

Jessica Martin

Singer

Jack Birkett

Pontius (Orlando)

Leslie Randall

Old Man at Sauna

• Derek JarmanDirector · Director of Photography · Writer
• James MackayProducer
• Takashi AsaiExecutive Producer
• Simon Fisher-TurnerOriginal Music Composer
• Peter CartwrightEditor
• Michelle GuishCasting
• Debbie MacWilliamsCasting

The Garden (1990) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Release date

September 6, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Drama

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