At a Catholic young boys' school, severe disciplinarian Father Goddard subjugate his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his adolescent charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic however deeply quelched Goddard discovers his belief tested and his life spiralling dangerously out of control. Also starring Billy Connolly (in his initial feature-film duty), Dominic Guard, Kes celebrity Dai Bradley, and also the supreme Brian Glover, and also created by the terrific Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is just one of British movie theater's most underrated refrigerators, not least for an imposing central performance by Burton.
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At a Catholic young boys' school, severe disciplinarian Father Goddard subjugate his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his adolescent charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic however deeply quelched Goddard discovers his belief tested and his life spiralling dangerously out of control. Also starring Billy Connolly (in his initial feature-film duty), Dominic Guard, Kes celebrity Dai Bradley, and also the supreme Brian Glover, and also created by the terrific Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is just one of British movie theater's most underrated refrigerators, not least for an imposing central performance by Burton.
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