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The Garden

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.

Top Cast

  • Tilda Swinton

    Tilda Swinton

    Madonna/Voice Overs

  • Johnny Mills

    Johnny Mills

    Lover

  • Philip MacDonald

    Philip MacDonald

    Joseph

  • Pete Lee-Wilson

    Pete Lee-Wilson

    Devil

  • Spencer Leigh

    Spencer Leigh

    Mary Magdalene / Adam

  • Jody Graber

    Jody Graber

    Young Boy

  • Roger Cook

    Roger Cook

    Christ

  • Kevin Collins

    Kevin Collins

    Lover

  • Dawn Archibald

    Dawn Archibald

    Nature Spirit

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.

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