Summaries

Three autobiographical short films made over seven years about a young gay man coming to terms with his Catholic schooling, his homosexuality and guilt, his parents and their deaths, despair and loneliness.

Davies' film is divided into three segments entitled "Children", "Madonna and Child", and "Death and Transfiguartion". The segments tell the life of Robert Tucker. The first segment looks at his birth and formative years in school, an austere boy's school. The bleak environment is not aided by the loveless, violent domestic life he experiences. Nonetheless, his father's death has a major impact on him. In the second segment, he is a closeted homosexual working in a grim office and still living at home with his daunting mother. In the final segment, he deals with his mother's death and then faces his own impending doom. As his death approaches he flashes back to his life's events.—John Sacksteder <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • death
  • memory
  • autobiographical
  • catholic school
  • catholic guilt
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Sep 27, 1984
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Production companies British Film Institute (BFI) National Film and Television School (NFTS) Greater London Arts Association

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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