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Absolution is a 1978 British thriller film directed by Anthony Page and written by playwright Anthony Shaffer. The film stars Richard Burton as a priest who teaches at a boys' school and finds one of his favourite students is playing a nasty practical joke on him.
Jul 1, 1988 · Absolution: Directed by Anthony Page. With Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly. At a boarding school in England, students Benjie Stanfield and Arthur Dyson endeavor to drive their strict Roman Catholic priest Father Goddard mad with their confessed sins.
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www.screenbound.co.uk Absolution [1978] An uncompromising priest at an English Roman Catholic boarding school falls prey to the mind games of two malicious students. Starring Richard Burton Billy...
Anthony Page's Absolution is a fascinating mystery thriller set around a Catholic boy's school with Richard Burton as the priest, inveigled into a murderous scheme by two devious schoolboys (Dominic Guard and Dai Bradley).
Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England. At a Catholic public school, Benjamin "Benjie" Stanfield (Dominic Guard) is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard (Richard Burton).
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.