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Oct 8, 2009 · Hanging Garden, The. Director Thom Fitzgerald's feature debut, The Hanging Garden (1997), is both revelatory and mysterious. The film concerns an attempted reconciliation between a young man's repressed past and his bolder, openly gay, adult personality, and Fitzgerald's penchant for surreal family situations is on full display.
Dusty Miller. Ian Parsons. Little Sweet William. Christine Dunsworth. Violet. Jocelyn Cunningham. Laurel. 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 ...
Jun 3, 2003 · "Unpredictable" (The Hollywood Reporter), "imaginative" (Movieline) and "powerfully acted" (The New York Times), The Hanging Garden combines a "bittersweet story about family secrets" (Premiere) and compelling performances from Chris Leavins (Nothing to Lose), Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave) and Sarah Polley (Go) into a "strange, utterly original"(Variety) and award-winning* film!
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Sep 12, 1997 · Halifax-based writer-director Thom Fitzgerald makes an auspicious bow with the dark drama "The Hanging Garden," a strange, utterly original look at a seriously dysfunctional family.
The Hanging Garden. A 25 year-old gay man named Sweet William returns to his family in Nova Scotia after a 10-year absence, only to discover that his family is just as dysfunctional as ever. 64 1 h 31 min 1997. R. Drama · Romance · Emotional · Sad. This video is currently unavailable.
Nov 7, 1997 · The feature debut of writer/director Thom Fitzgerald, The Hanging Garden was the winner of the Air Canada People's Choice Award for best picture and the co-winner of the Toronto-CITY TV Award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
