Death and Transfiguration
(1983)
Short Film
Country: UK
Synopsis
Moving back and forth between three periods in Robert Tucker's life, we see him as an old man nearing death in a nursing home, as a middle-aged man caring for his cheerful but dying mother, and as a young lad at Catholic school, practicing his catechism, going to confession for the first time, receiving the Eucharist, and participating in a school play as an angel.
Notes
- The third of the Terence Davies Trilogy of films based in part on director Terence Davies' own life, preceded by Children (1976) and "Madonna and Child" (1980)
- For more information on the films of Terence Davies, read "Terence Davies" by Wendy Everett (Manchester University Press, 2004).
Cast
- Wilfrid Brambell
(Robert Tucker, as an Old Man) - Terry O'Sullivan
(Robert Tucker, as a Middle-Aged Man) - Iain Munro
(Robert Tucker, as a Young Boy) - Jeanne Doree
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Brilliant. Davies here reaches his full power as a filmmaker.