Children
Community Ratings:
3 ratings (Avg. 3) 16,092 views
 |
Locarno International Film Festival—Prize of the Ecumenical Jury New York New Directors and New Films Festival |
 |
The first chapter in Terence Davies' acclaimed, award-winning Trilogy is a semi-autobiographical tale of a Catholic schoolboy beset by challenges. Young Robert Tucker is bullied and taunted by older boys just as, between prayers and lessons, all the boys are bullied, taunted and beaten by their teachers. Returning home from school one day, Robert sees his sick father writhing in agony on the floor and being injected with painkiller. Seeing the boy watching, his father shouts at him, and Robert runs upstairs, wishing his father dead. On another occasion, he hears his father beating his mother. Intercut with the painful story of Robert's childhood are scenes from his adolescence: a visit to a doctor who is treating him for depression and who asks if he has a girlfriend, a sexual encounter with a man.
Movie Ratings and Rankings
Your Rating:
(Avg. 3)3 ratings, 16,092 views
Share Your Review
Wikipedia
Terence Davies (10 November 1945 -) is an English screenwriter - film director, sometime novelist and actor. As a filmmaker, Davies is noted for his recurring themes of emotional (and sometimes physical) endurance, the influence of memory on everyday life and the potentially crippling effects of dogmatic religiosity on the emotional life of individuals and societies. Stylistically, Davies' works are notable for their symmetrical compositions, "symphonic" structure and measured pace. He is also the sole screenwriter of all his films. Contrary to the credits accorded him on IMDB.com, Terence Davies has never acted professionally.
IMDB Fun Stuff
Movie Connections:
Edited from Madonna and Child (1980)
...
Advertisement
Recommended Similar Movies
Didn't like any of these recommendations? You can view more or find out how to improve them.