Disciple (2013)

Original title

Lärjungen

Directed by

Ulrika Bengts

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

e 12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stern lighthouse chief takes a teenage boy from a reform school to be his apprentice on a remote island. As the boy proves his skill, the chief's cruel nature emerges.

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What happens

Disciple (Swedish: Lärjungen) is a 2013 Finnish Swedish-language drama film directed by Ulrika Bengts. It tells the story of a stern lighthouse chief living on the Lågskär Island, who takes a 13-year-old boy who grew up in a approved school as his apprentice. As the boy shows more and more competence for the given task, the lighthouse chief begins to reveal his cruel traits. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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