At a Catholic children' institution, imperious disciplinarian Daddy Goddard subjugate his pupils with a tight hand. When among his teen fees confesses to murder, the dogmatic however deeply repressed Goddard finds his belief tested and his life spiralling alarmingly unmanageable. Also starring Billy Connolly (in his first feature-film role), Dominic Guard, Kes celebrity Dai Bradley, and also the unique Brian Glover, as well as written by the terrific Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is among British cinema's most underrated refrigerators, not the very least for an imposing main performance by Burton.