THE CEMENT GARDEN

Name: THE CEMENT GARDEN
Item: THE CEMENT GARDEN
Author: Review

Content: -3 Excessive sex, violence, immorality, and/or worldview problems. (Sometimes excessive content such as violence is in otherwise redemptive movies.)

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What You Need To Know:

THE CEMENT GARDEN is a haunting ballad of undirected and misdirected adolescent sexuality and of a brother and sister caught in the horrifying web of deceit and incest. Although an indictment on both, this well-written, -directed and -acted piece contains graphic portraits of characters with no spiritual guidance, lots of nudity, both naturalistic and in scenes of intercourse and masturbation, foul language and a gruesome storyline and cannot be recommended.

Content:

(H, LL, SS, NNN, Pa, NA, M) Humanist worldview; 12 obscenities; male masturbation & incest; 3 scenes of full male nudity & 1 scene of female nudity; pagan prayer to the "sandman"; and, cigarette smoking.

More Detail:

THE CEMENT GARDEN, the latest film by award-winning British director Andrew Birkin, is a haunting ballad of misdirected adolescent sexuality, and an eerie portrait of a boy’s search for his sense of self and of a family caught in the horrifying web of deceit and incest. 15-year-old Jack lives with his family in an industrial town in England. His only emotional outlet from his oppressive father is a growing curiosity about his sexuality which includes masturbation, pornography and fantasies about his older sister, Julie. When his mother and father die, he and Julie decide to bury their mother’s body in the basement to keep the authorities from taking their two younger siblings. With Jack and Julie acting as mother and father, their unchecked sexual curiosity develops into incest, which is ultimately exposed.

This film is well written, directed and acted. It’s subject matter, however, calls for unflattering cinematography and can hardly be called attractive. Mr. Birkin’s use of visual imagery is effective, as are the moments of humor. Although with it shows that deviant sexual behavior culminates in the self-destruction, the fact that this film contains objectionable language, nudity in scenes of intercourse and masturbation and a gruesome story, it is not recommended but for moral individuals.

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