Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
“...and then he made us play that silly game...”
DramaMysteryThriller
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
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A quiet Canadian village hides a dark secret. This film feels like a slow-burn dread, a chilling examination of innocence lost and the unsettling power dynamics that can lurk beneath a placid surface.
tenseunsettlingsomberchillingsteadysocial realismperiod dramaslow-burn thrillerchildhood innocencepredationsocial hypocrisyjustice
canadachasecandypatriarchsocial commentaryprincipalpedophilechild molestercourtroom
