Absolution
At a Catholic children' college, severe disciplinarian Papa Goddard subjugate his students with a strong hand. When one of his teenage charges admits to murder, the dogmatic yet deeply quelched Goddard discovers his belief challenged and also his life spiralling hazardously out of control. Likewise starring Billy Connolly (in his very first feature-film role), Dominic Guard, Kes celebrity Dai Bradley, and also the unmatched Brian Glover, and also created by the fantastic Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is among British cinema's most underrated chillers, not least for a towering central performance by Burton.
Released: 1978-06-05