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The Borstal

1969 · 91 min

A sober, quietly tense institutional drama that observes troubled youths and an idealistic outsider with a documentary-like, unsentimental gaze.

Directed by: Hynek Bočan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ivan Vyskočil, Václav Sloup, Jiří Krampol

Overview: The story takes place during the 1960s. A young teacher takes on the role of a tutor in a Prague youth protection institution. Filming was stopped in 1968 and the final editing of the footage was not done until early 1989.

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Directed by: Hynek Bočan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ivan Vyskočil, Václav Sloup, Jiří Krampol

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
coming-of-age
power
class
trauma
Places: big city
school
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Hynek Bočan
Starring: Ivan Vyskočil, Václav Sloup, Jiří Krampol, Vilém Besser, Zdeněk Kryzánek, Vladimír Krška, Jiří Smutný, Dana Hlaváčová
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: Czech

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