The Cement Garden
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United Kingdom, Germany · 1993
1h 45m
Director Andrew Birkin
Starring Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, Ned Birkin
Genre Drama
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After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she dies and her children decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household.
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