Madonna And Child

The lauded, autobiographical Terence Davies Trilogy continues into the adult years of Davies' protagonist, the conflicted Robert Tucker. At the end of each working day Robert takes the Mersey ferry to his home, a council flat he shares with his elderly mother. One night he creeps out of the house, trying not to wake her, but she hears him on the stairs. He goes to a gay club, but is refused admission; he picks up a man in a public lavatory. Another day, on the way home from work, Robert passes a tattoo parlour, and later phones and begs the proprietor to tattoo his private parts - or, perhaps, fantasises doing so. Robert's relationship with his mother takes a powerful turn as his fantasies grow more vivid and his guilt intensifies.