The Hanging Garden

Sep 5, 1997

1h 31m

★ 6.2

It's hard to go home... ten years after your death.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Whiskey Mac

Peter MacNeill

William

Chris Leavins

Rosemary

Kerry Fox

Fletcher

Joel S. Keller

Iris

Seana McKenna

Grace

Joan Orenstein

Teen Rosemary

Sarah Polley

Teen Sweet William

Troy Veinotte

Dusty Miller

Martha Irving

Little Sweet William

Ian Parsons

Violet

Christine Dunsworth

Laurel

Jocelyn Cunningham

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