The Cement Garden movie plot
2022-05-18 23:04
Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom's mother began to suffer from a strange disease after her husband died. Knowing she had to be hospitalized, she opened an account in the bank for her children so they could get through. Unfortunately she also passed away. Julie and Jack decide to hide her body and take on parental responsibilities. Soon Tom starts dressing like a girl, while Sue becomes increasingly reticent, speaking only to her diary. At the same time Jack and Julie feel an attraction developing between them. But things change when Julie's suitor, Derek, intervenes in the family.
Extended Reading
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Julie: Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, because it's OK to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that being a girl is degrading. But secretly you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you? What it feels like for a girl?
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Commander Hunt: There is nothing ugly, I never saw an ugly thing in my life, for let the shape of an object be as they may: light, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful.