The Garden

The Garden (1990) is a drama film directed by Derek Jarman rated 5.7/10.

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

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