The Garden (2040)

  • 16
  • 04/21/2040 (AT)
  • Drama
  • 1h 28m

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.

Derek Jarman

Director, Writer

Cast

Tilda Swinton's headshot

Tilda Swinton

Madonna/Voice Overs
Johnny Mills's headshot

Johnny Mills

Lover
Philip MacDonald's headshot

Philip MacDonald

Joseph
Pete Lee-Wilson's headshot

Pete Lee-Wilson

Devil
Spencer Leigh's headshot

Spencer Leigh

Mary Magdalene / Adam
Jody Graber's headshot

Jody Graber

Young Boy
Roger Cook's headshot

Roger Cook

Christ
Kevin Collins's headshot

Kevin Collins

Lover

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