You mean the lesbian gym teacher that heroically shields the
girls field hockey team with her own body, while the other coachs
cower in the lockerroom?
As promised: my review of The Hanging Garden.
This film resonated with me. I think it is because I left home at
18 and severed most of the ties to family and home. When I went
back, I too saw the ghosts of my childhood lurking about.
This is a film about a real family. A bully father, a resentful
mother, a grandmother with Alzheimer's, a tough daughter and a
fat son. The daughter becomes hardened to deal with her family.
The son becomes a compulsive eater at a young age.
This is a family that has a big secret too. Well done.
Sarah Polley is great. I saw her name in the credits but it took
awhile before I recognized her in the film. What a great actress.
Finally the best dialogue ever between a mother and her gay son:
Mom: Do you have a friend?
Son: Yes.
Mom: What's his name?
Son: Dick.
Mom: What does your Dick do?
Son: Computers.
Mom: Do you love him?
Son: Funny, that's what he always asks.....Yes. I love Dick.
