Cadet

A slow, oppressive descent into institutional dread, where a mother's love curdles into helpless horror amid cold corridors and rigid discipline.

Directed by

Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Genres

Horror

Starring

Anna Starchenko, Sharip Serik, Ratmir Yusupzhanov

Overview

Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school. Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated by taking advantage of Serik's father's high military rank. But she is warned by a woman whose son has committed suicide at the school that Serik will follow the same path...

How it feels

Bleak, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Parenthood, isolation, identity, power

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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