Absolution

Absolution

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1978-06-05
Genre:Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Duration:95 min
Country:United Kingdom
Director:Anthony Page
Actors:Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly, Andrew Keir
Production:Bulldog Productions (II)

Overview:

At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.

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