The Garden

September 6, 1990
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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...More
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 and crew
Derek Jarman
Director
Tilda Swinton
Madonna
JM
Johnny Mills
Lover
PM
Philip MacDonald
Joseph
Pete Lee-Wilson
Devil
Spencer Leigh
Mary Magdalene
JG
Jody Graber
Young Boy
RC
Roger Cook
Christ
KC
Kevin Collins
Lover
DA
Dawn Archibald
Nature Spirit
MB
Milo Bell
Cast Member
Vernon Dobtcheff
Old Man at Sauna
Michael Gough
Voice Overs
MLM
Maribelle La Manchega
Spanish Dancer
Jessica Martin
Singer
JB
Jack Birkett
Pontius (Orlando)
Leslie Randall
Old Man at Sauna
MT
Mike Tezcan
Policeman
MW
Matthew Wilde
Policeman
SM
Stephen McBride
Narrator (voice)
YB
Yolande Brener
Eve
Derek Jarman
Himself