Absolution

Boyhood Innocence. Deadly Secrets. Burning Truths.

In one of the most compelling and riveting performances of his career, Richard Burton (Where Eagle's Dare, Hamlet, Becket, Cleopatra) portrays Father Goddard, an uncompromising but determined priest who unwittingly bemuse the victim of his own tyrannical behavior.

Based on a true story, Anthony Schaeffer's startling psychological thriller is set in an English boy's school, where two students, Dai Bradley (Zulu Dawn, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Dominic Guardd (Ghandi, Lord of the Rings) topple over the edge of sanity into a psychotic realm of deadly games.