# Ondskan (2003)

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**Runtime**: 113 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Mikael Håfström
**Written by**: Mikael Håfström, Hans Gunnarsson
**Starring**: Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström, Gustaf Skarsgård, Linda Zilliacus, Jesper Salén, Mats Bergman

> *It's time to take a stand.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tough love meets J-Giallo through the lens of a Swedish Tarkovsky wannabe.

Stockholm 1956, Erik’s fresh expulsion forces his mom to ship him to Stjärnsberg boarding school where the headmaster runs a charm-free meritocracy.

A year of caned knuckles and Arctic tolerance, buoyed by one schooled naïf who learns silence is louder than fists.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread, raw

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