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Absolution

Release Date:July 1, 1988

Running Time:95 min

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director

Cast

Richard Burton Dominic Guard David Bradley Billy Connolly Andrew Keir Willoughby Gray Preston Lockwood James Ottaway Brook Williams Robin Soans Trevor Martin Sharon Duce

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Synopsis

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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