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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 68%, Metacritic 61/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 76% of the 3,123 2000s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes68%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
411 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikael HåfströmDirector
- Hans GunnarssonScreenplay
- Mikael HåfströmScreenplay
- Francis ShawOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Andreas WilsonErik Ponti
- Henrik LundströmPierre Tanguy
- Gustaf SkarsgårdOtto Silverhielm
- Linda ZilliacusMarja
- Jesper SalénDahlén
- Mats BergmanMelander
- Johan RabaeusEriks styvfar
- Marie RichardsonFru Ponti, Eriks mor
- Lennart HjulströmRektor Lindblad
- Björn GranathRektor
- Filip BergJohan
- Ulf FribergTranströmer
Themes
based on novel or bookboarding schoolprivate schoolbullyingstepfatherspankingdomestic abusedisciplineoppressioncorporal punishmentboys' boarding schoolabusive stepfather