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In The Cement Garden, the father of four children dies. About a year later, the children's mother also dies. About a year later, the children's mother also dies. In order to avoid being taken into foster care, the children hide their mother's death from the outside world by encasing her corpse in cement in the cellar.
The Cement Garden is a 1993 British drama film written and directed by Andrew Birkin. [4] It is based on the 1978 novel written by Ian McEwan . [ 4 ] It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival , where Birkin won the Silver Bear for Best Director .
The Cement Garden and Our Mother’s House do share common themes and plot strands. Both involve a group of mixed-aged children who conceal their mother’s death and inter her corpse within the family home, and then attempt to carry on normally as best they can.
The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981), his two earliest novels, were both adapted into films. The nature of these works caused him to be nicknamed "Ian Macabre". [ 6 ] These were followed by his first book for children, Rose Blanche (1985), and a return to literary fiction with The Child in Time (1987), winner of the 1987 ...
The Cement Garden; The Child in Time; The Children Act (novel) The Cockroach (novella) The Comfort of Strangers; D. The Daydreamer (novel) E. Enduring Love; I.
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David Birkin (born 1977), artist and photographer, is his eldest son, followed by Anno Birkin (1980–2001), poet and musician, and Ned Birkin (born 1985), whom Birkin directed in The Cement Garden. He is married to artist Karen Birkin, with whom he has a daughter, Emily Jane (born December 2008) and a son, Thomas Bernie (born April 2011).
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