The Garden

The Garden by Derek Jarman

5.60

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.

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Cast

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton as Madonna/Voice Overs

Johnny Mills

Johnny Mills as Lover

Philip MacDonald

Philip MacDonald as Joseph

Pete Lee-Wilson

Pete Lee-Wilson as Devil

Spencer Leigh

Spencer Leigh as Mary Magdalene / Adam

Jody Graber

Jody Graber as Young Boy

Roger Cook

Roger Cook as Christ

Kevin Collins

Kevin Collins as Lover

Dawn Archibald

Dawn Archibald as Nature Spirit

Milo Bell

Milo Bell as Cast Member

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff as Old Man at Sauna

Michael Gough

Michael Gough as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

Maribelle La Manchega

Maribelle La Manchega as Spanish Dancer

Jessica Martin

Jessica Martin as Singer

Jack Birkett

Jack Birkett as Pontius (Orlando)

Leslie Randall

Leslie Randall as Old Man at Sauna

Mike Tezcan

Mike Tezcan as Policeman

Matthew Wilde

Matthew Wilde as Policeman

Stephen McBride

Stephen McBride as Narrator (voice)

Yolande Brener

Yolande Brener as Eve

Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman as Himself

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