United Kingdom

Brian Glover, Robert Addie, Richard Kates, Martyn Hesford, Michael Crompton

95 min

1978-06-05

At a Catholic kids' school, severe disciplinarian Papa Goddard subjugate his pupils with a firm hand. When among his adolescent costs admits to murder, the dogmatic however deeply quelched Goddard discovers his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously unmanageable. Additionally starring Billy Connolly (in his very first feature-film role), Dominic Guard, Kes star Dai Bradley, and also the unique Brian Glover, and written by the great Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is one of British cinema's most underrated chillers, not the very least for a towering central efficiency by Burton.