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Children

Children (1976)

0h 47m | PG-13

⭐ 5.607 / 10

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.

Director: Terence Davies

Studio: BFI

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Phillip Mawdsley

Phillip Mawdsley

as Robert Tucker

Robin Hooper

Robin Hooper

as Robert Tucker (aged 23)

Nick Stringer

Nick Stringer

as Father

Valerie Lilley

Valerie Lilley

as Mother

Linda Beckett

Linda Beckett

as Neighbour

Colin Hignet

Colin Hignet

as Bully