

Children
1976-11-01 · 47 min · ★ 5.7
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.
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- Directors
- Terence Davies
- Production companies
- BFI
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 500,000
Top Cast
Robin HooperRobert Tucker (aged 23)
Valerie LilleyMother
Linda BeckettNeighbour
Trevor EveMan in Shower
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