Evil
“It's time to take a stand.”
Drama
Stockholm, the fifties. Though academically bright, violent pupil Erik Ponti is expelled from his state school with the headmaster’s words “there’s only one word for people like you – evil… what you need is a good thrashing, and more”. In fact already Erik frequently receives a ‘good’ thrashing at the hands of his sadistic stepfather – so he is packed off by his mother to boardingschool
VIBE
This film feels like a cold, hard slap of reality. It's a grim, unflinching look at institutional cruelty and the desperate fight for dignity in a system designed to break you. Expect a heavy, oppressive atmosphere that lingers long after the credits roll.
oppressivebleakunflinchingchillingintensesteadyperiod dramaarthousesocial realismabuseoppressionsurvivalauthority
based on novel or bookprivate schoolspankingdisciplineoppressioncorporal punishmentboys' boarding school
