Children
1976·United Kingdom·43 min.
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The theme is violence - social and domestic - and its effect on the main character Robert Tucker. It is told in a series of extended flashbacks and reveals incidents from his childhood. The film ends with a memory - the death of his father and the boy appears to be trapped in his sexuality and his childhood.
DirectorTerence Davies
ScreenwriterTerence Davies
CinematographyWilliam Diver
CastPhillip Mawdsley·Nick Stringer·Valerie Lilley·Robin Hooper·Colin Hignet·Elizabeth Estensen·Robin Bowen·Harry Wright
Original titleChildren (The Terence Davies Trilogy. Part I)