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The Student

2016 · 118 min

A tense, unsettling plunge into fanaticism that provokes and disturbs, with moments of dark absurdity.

Tagline
The hypocrisy of religion and society that challenges all of us.
Overview
A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Kirill Serebrennikov
Written by
Kirill Serebrennikov
Starring
Petr Skvortsov, Yuliya Aug, Viktoriya Isakova, Anton Vasilyev, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Aleksandra Revenko, Svetlana Bragarnik, Nikolai Roshchin
Music
Ilya Demutsky
Cinematography
Vladislav Opelyants
Runtime
118 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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