At a Catholic kids' school, domineering disciplinarian Dad Goddard subjugate his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teen costs admits to murder, the dogmatic yet deeply repressed Goddard locates his confidence tested as well as his life spiralling precariously out of hand. Also starring Billy Connolly (in his very first feature-film duty), Dominic Guard, Kes celebrity Dai Bradley, and the unique Brian Glover, and also created by the great Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is just one of British cinema's most underrated refrigerators, not least for an imposing central performance by Burton.
At a Catholic kids' school, domineering disciplinarian Dad Goddard subjugate his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teen costs admits to murder, the dogmatic yet deeply repressed Goddard locates his confidence tested as well as his life spiralling precariously out of hand. Also starring Billy Connolly (in his very first feature-film duty), Dominic Guard, Kes celebrity Dai Bradley, and the unique Brian Glover, and also created by the great Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is just one of British cinema's most underrated refrigerators, not least for an imposing central performance by Burton.