Children

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.

Directed by Terence Davies

Top cast

P

Phillip Mawdsley

Robert Tucker

Robin Hooper

Robert Tucker (aged 23)

N

Nick Stringer

Father

Valerie Lilley

Mother

Linda Beckett

Neighbour

C

Colin Hignet

Bully

R

Robin Bowen

Bully 2

Trevor Eve

Man in Shower

E

Elizabeth Estensen

Nurse

H

Harry Wright

Teacher

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Phillip Joseph

2nd Teacher

Kate Fahy

Neighbour

M

Marjorie Rowlandson

Neighbour

B

Bill Maxwell

Doctor

M

Malcolm Hughes

Man in Bedroom

A

Ann Kiesler

Details