The Cement Garden 1993  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Birkin
Cast: Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, Ned Birkin, Sinead Cusack, Hanns Zischler, Jochen Horst, Gareth Brown, Dick Flockhart, Mike Clark
Four London siblings Jack, Julie, Sue, and Tom (Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, and Ned Birkin) live alone in their concrete-walled home. First, their father died, and then their mother (Sinead Cusack) also died–she is secretly buried in the basement so that the kids can still get her allotment checks. The plot deals with the relationships between the four and how they can continue maintaining their secret.
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Far from the Madding Crowd 1967 N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Prunella Ransome, Fiona Walker, Paul Dawkins, Julian Somers, Freddie Jones, Alison Leggatt, John Barrett, Andrew Robertson, Brian Rawlinson, Victor Stone, Vincent Harding
Thomas Hardy's novel is brought to the screen with Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdine, the country girl, whose life touches three men: sheep farmer Gabriel (Alan Bates), wealthy William (Peter Finch), and reckless sergeant Troy (Terence Stamp). It is mid-19th-century Victorian England, and Bathsheba has just inherited the family farm. Although a very headstrong woman with a haughty attitude, by story's end Bathsheba falls in love with one of her suitors and throws caution to the wind when she selects her true love.
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| 1. The Cement Garden (1993)
2. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
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