Terence Davies Trilogy

"One of the best endeavours from the BFI in artistic quality and in raw emotional power" - Variety.

"Davies transforms his account of Liverpudlian Robert Tucker's development from victimised schoolboy, though a closeted, Catholic gay middle age, and final death in a hospital, into a rich, resonant tapestry of impressionistic detail. There is plenty to enjoy: a bleak, wry wit and an imaginative use of music undercutting the grim but beautiful imagery; flashes of appropriate surrealism; and superb performances throughout...

But what really elevates the films into their own timeless realm is the luminous attention to faces in close-up: a stylish strategy that turns an otherwise chastening look at a lonely man's life into an uplifting experience." - Time Out.

UK | English | 1983 | 94 min | HD