The Terence Davies Trilogy Collection
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.
Watch Children
A middle-aged man's mundane existence is disrupted by flashbacks of his troubled youth, marked by bullying, strict Catholic schooling, and the devastating loss of his abusive father due to illness.
Watch Madonna and Child
A middle-aged man struggles to find meaning in his mundane routine, while shouldering the responsibility of caring for his elderly mother. His secret life of online cruising and hidden desires are juxtaposed with the weight of his guilt and the blurred lines of his past and present.
Watch Death and Transfiguration
A poignant and introspective exploration of a man's life, spanning from his idyllic Catholic childhood to his adult years caring for his ailing mother, and ultimately to his solitary passing in old age.
