Madonna and Child (1980)

Audience Score
60
A middle-aged British man struggles to reconcile his homosexuality and his Catholic upbringing.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 1st, 1980
Movie Budget:$500,000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:NFTS, Greater London Arts Association

The Terence Davies Trilogy

A trilogy of short films tell the life of Robert Tucker. "Children" (1976) looks at his birth and formative at an austere boy's school. The bleak environment is not aided by the loveless, violent domestic life he experiences. Nonetheless, his father's death has a major impact on him. In "Madonna and Child" (1980), he is a closeted homosexual working in a grim office and still living at home with his daunting mother. In the final entry, "Death and Transfiguration" (1983), he deals with his mother's death and then faces his own impending doom.