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Evil
2003
This fifties era coming-of-age tale recounts the horror of life at a traditional boarding school. Sixteen year-old Erik's violent tendencies lead to his expulsion from school. He is moved to a private academy where evil is systematized in the form of condoned oppression of younger students by the older ones. Read more
| Starring | Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundstrom, Gustaf Skarsgard, Linda Zilliacus |
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| Director | Mikael Håfström |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Evil
This fifties era coming-of-age tale recounts the horror of life at a traditional boarding school. Sixteen year-old Erik's violent tendencies lead to his expulsion from school. He is moved to a private academy where evil is systematized in the form of condoned oppression of younger students by the older ones.
| Starring | Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundstrom, Gustaf Skarsgard, Linda Zilliacus |
|---|---|
| Director | Mikael Håfström |
| Studio | METRODOME DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Swedish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 03 Oct 2005 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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'It's easy to see why EVIL was Oscar-Nominated in 2004...(with) its brilliant young actors (and) peerless cinematography.
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A gripping piece of storytelling
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23 out of 25 people found this review helpful
Evil (Ondskan)
When Eric is expelled for fighting, from yet another school, his mother funds one last chance for Eric to complete his final year at an exclusive boarding school. However, Eric's hopes of a quiet break from his problems at home are threatened by the schools strange disciplinary process, where senior students make the rules, and dish out the punishments.
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Evil is an interesting film, that many viewers will enjoy. However, in trying to be a deep, thought provoking piece, it sets the bar very high, and fails to quite attain that level. However, Wilson's performance alone is enough to carry all but the most critical viewers through the majority of the film fairly happily. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Different
This is the story of a boy who gets sent to a boarding school as he is expelled from his last school for messing around and fighting. He is bullied and whipped constantly by his step Dad so being sent to school is a welcome break. The school is full of older bulies who pick on and torture the younger boys for no reason. This is allowed by the teachers and this is quite bizarre. The story is about how he overcomes this in a non violent way and shows what cowards bullied really are and how you can break that chain of being beaten then becoming a bully yourself. It is realistic and a good story. It is not edge of your seat stuff though, and can be a bit slow, but is worth a watch. You get used to the subtitles so thats ok. But obviously you need to be able to read!
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