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Children(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-11-01
55%
26 Votes
Time: 0h 47m
Overview:
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Children
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robin Hooper
Robert Tucker (aged 23)
Nick Stringer
Father
Valerie Lilley
Mother
Linda Beckett
Neighbour
Trevor Eve
Man in Shower
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Overview
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.
Release Date
1976-11-01
Average
5.5
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