Absolution

Absolution (1978) follows a devout and repressed priest at a Catholic boarding school whose authority unravels when a student’s cruel prank involving a false confession of murder spirals into real violence. As guilt, manipulation, and fear take hold, the priest’s moral certainties collapse in a descent into madness. This psychological thriller blends religious tension and Hitchcockian suspense in a dark study of sin, repression, and corrupted faith.