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The Garden

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.

1990 |1h 28m |  Drama

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Cast

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Tilda Swinton

Madonna/Voice Overs

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Pete Lee-Wilson

Devil

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Spencer Leigh

Mary Magdalene / Adam

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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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Jessica Martin

Singer

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Leslie Randall

Old Man at Sauna

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Status

Released

Language

English

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