

The Garden
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
ZDF
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Key Crew

Derek Jarman
Director

Derek Jarman
Writer

James Mackay
Producer

Takashi Asai
Executive Producer
Cast

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
Mike Tezcan
Policeman
Matthew Wilde
Policeman
Stephen McBride
Narrator (voice)
Yolande Brener
Eve