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1968 · 112 min

A slow-burning, surreal satire that builds unease through dreamlike detours and sudden violence, demanding attention as it dissects institutional power.

Tagline: Which side will you be on?
Overview: In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: rebellion
power
class
violence
coming-of-age
Places: school
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Lindsay Anderson
Written by: John Howlett, David Sherwin
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Robert Swann, Hugh Thomas, Michael Cadman
Music: Marc Wilkinson
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Runtime: 112 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Latin

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