

Absolution
One man, two boys... one deadly game.
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
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- English
- catholic school
- catholic priest
- boys' school
- confession booth
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR1 Jul 1978
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical5 Jun 1978
FranceFR
- Physical12DVD6 May 2009
- Digital / OTT16Prime Video13 Dec 2020
- Physical12Blu-Ray21 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT16Prime Video13 Dec 2020
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Absolution was released on 5 June 1978.
Audience reviews
3- T8/10
talisencrw
3/4/2016
I saw this in horrific conditions from the moderately intriguing and extremely entertaining 'Drive-In Movie Classics' pack of 50 films on 12 double-sided DVDs. Ten minutes were cut from the film and it was pan-and-scan--specifically spliced to get it to fit into a two-hour TV-spot with commercials. Still, it was an exceptional work, and I'm extremely curious for two reasons--why it was shelved for 10 years from U.S. …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/4/2022
I wonder what it must have been like for Dominic Guard to play this really pretty manipulative role opposite Richard Burton. Whatever nerves or awe he may have felt is very well disguised, though, as he turns in a super performance as the young student "Benjie". His teacher - "Fr. Goddard" (Burton) is a man of profound faith and little tolerance of, or interest in, his students. The former alights on a plan to tormen…
- W6/10
Wuchak
6/24/2022
_**Burgeoning iniquities underneath the surface at a boys’ religious school**_ A strict schoolmaster at a Catholic boarding school in England named Goddard (Richard Burton) favors one student, Benjie Stanfield (Dominic Guard), but seems to loathe his awkward misfit ‘friend,’ Arthur Dyson (Dai Bradley). Meanwhile Benjie befriends a vagrant hippie (Billy Connolly), a relationship of which Goddard disapproves. Havoc …
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