Evil (2003)

Original title

Ondskan

Directed by

Mikael Håfström

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden, Denmark

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 400 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy transfers to a strict boarding school in the 1950s. He faces bullying and institutional violence from both students and staff.

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What happens

Evil (Swedish: Ondskan) is a 2003 Swedish teen drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 September 2003, directed by Mikael Håfström, based on Jan Guillou's semi-autobiographical novel of the same title from 1981, and starring Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film is set in a private boarding school in the late 1950s with institutional violence as its theme. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. It won three Swedish Guldbagge Awards including Best Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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