The Garden
2.8
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.
Cast
Tilda Swinton
Madonna/Voice Overs
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Johnny Mills
Lover
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Philip MacDonald
Joseph
Pete Lee-Wilson
Devil
Spencer Leigh
Mary Magdalene / Adam
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Jody Graber
Young Boy
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Roger Cook
Christ
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Kevin Collins
Lover
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Dawn Archibald
Nature Spirit
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Milo Bell
Cast Member
Vernon Dobtcheff
Old Man at Sauna
Michael Gough
Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
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Maribelle La Manchega
Spanish Dancer
Jessica Martin
Singer
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Jack Birkett
Pontius (Orlando)
Leslie Randall
Old Man at Sauna
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Mike Tezcan
Policeman
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Matthew Wilde
Policeman
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Stephen McBride
Narrator (voice)
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Yolande Brener
Eve
Derek Jarman
Himself