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Children

Nov 1, 1976
0h 47m
★ 5.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BFI

Children Trailers

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Cast

Phillip Mawdsley

Robert Tucker

Phillip Mawdsley

Robin Hooper

Robert Tucker (aged 23)

Robin Hooper

Nick Stringer

Father

Nick Stringer

Valerie Lilley

Mother

Valerie Lilley

Linda Beckett

Neighbour

Linda Beckett

Colin Hignet

Bully

Colin Hignet

Robin Bowen

Bully 2

Robin Bowen

Trevor Eve

Man in Shower

Trevor Eve

Elizabeth Estensen

Nurse

Elizabeth Estensen

Harry Wright

Teacher

Harry Wright

Phillip Joseph

2nd Teacher

Phillip Joseph

Kate Fahy

Neighbour

Kate Fahy

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