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Title: The Hanging Garden (1997)
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William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but during his visit home, he becomes unhinged as the newly remembered reasons for his miserable adolescence come to life in each of their presents. Written by Tom Hunt Brooks <thuntb@relaypoint.net>
Plot Keywords:
gay | abusive father | wedding ceremony | sex lesson from prostitute | child abuse |Taglines:
It's hard to go home... ten years after your death.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong sexuality, language, and a scene of a hanging, and some teen drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 November 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El jardín colgante See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
CAD 1,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$45,830, 9 November 1997, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$925,756, 12 July 1998Company Credits
Production Co:
Alliance Communications Corporation, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Channel Four Films See more »
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Teen Rosemary: What?!
Grace: Started when your father was young. Every party dress had to have pockets.
[fetches something from her chest-of-drawers.]
Grace: Now ... Your hands. These'll keep you safe.
[lowers a rosary into Rosemary's open hands.]
Grace: Now, you feel some of that ... that hocus-pocus comin' into your body ... you don't have to worry.
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Written and performed by Plumtree
© 1995 Follow You Home Records
Courtesy of Cinnamon Toast Records
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Grace: [sending her grandchildren off to a school dance. To granddaughter Rosemary.] You got pockets? You carrying your protection with you?Teen Rosemary: What?!
Grace: Started when your father was young. Every party dress had to have pockets.
[fetches something from her chest-of-drawers.]
Grace: Now ... Your hands. These'll keep you safe.
[lowers a rosary into Rosemary's open hands.]
Grace: Now, you feel some of that ... that hocus-pocus comin' into your body ... you don't have to worry.
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Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) See more »Soundtracks
TropicalWritten and performed by Plumtree
© 1995 Follow You Home Records
Courtesy of Cinnamon Toast Records
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I recently saw this again having first seen it in the theater on its release and been spellbound by it.
Thom Fitzgerald is both the writer and director of an exploration into a family's dysfunction and disintegration amid their getting together for the wedding of the daughter.
The film shows the family in both the present and the past and centres around the newly returned son, Sweet William, the father, Whiskey Mac and his wife, Iris, and their relationship to their three children. The father is a nursery man/gardener and the segments of the movie are titled with the names of flowers. As are the children of the family.
In the past, Sweet William, an unhappy overweight boy is conflicted by his latent homosexuality. He develops a relationship with his friend Fletcher. When they are caught making love, the family completely falls apart.
The message of the film revolves around the theme of family secrets and how attempts to bury or ignore them serves only as a temporary cover-up. They will out.
Peter MacMeill, Kerry Fox, Chris Leavins, Troy Veinoitte, Seana McKenna and Sarah Polley give able, believable performances.
Again, it is one of those under-appreciated Canadian gems that have not been brought to a wider audience. And deserve to be.
And it has one of the most surprising, uplifting endings!
8 out of 10. Bravos to all involved.