Teen angst, incest, and… what exactly is buried in the basement? This macabre, compellingly bizarro coming-of-age tale charts the strange goings-on within a family living in an isolated, rubble-strewn no-man’s land. One day, as 15-year-old Jack masturbates, his father drops dead. Mother follows shortly thereafter. Rather than tell anyone, Jack and older sister Julie assume the roles of father and mother to their two younger siblings—but take things to the extreme. Based on Ian McEwan’s gothic novel, this should-be cult classic is a gripping, wonderfully weird portrait of nontraditional family values.
Director: Andrew Birkin.
Writers: Andrew Birkin, Ian McEwan (novel).
Stars: Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, Ned Birkin, Sinéad Cusack, Hanns Zischler, Jochen Horst, Gareth Brown, Gareth Brown, William Hootkins, Dick Flockhart, Mike Clark.
Cinematographer: Stephen Blackman.
Composer: Edward Shearmur (as Ed Shearmur).
1993 Berlin International Film Festival – Winner Best Director.
1993 Berlin International Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Bear.
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It’s a long time since I saw this. Thanks for the second chance!