A teacher's first day becomes a moral minefield when his students' secret finds him.
Simon returns to the suburb where he grew up in after his graduation, to work as an teacher in his old school. He becomes aware of an event that involves some of his students in his class. This puts him in a difficult situation.
Acting
Nzinga's restrained panic carries every frame.
Direction
Lagerkvist squeezes dread from fluorescent hallways.
Writing
Dialogue that chills through what's unspoken.
Director
Sebastian Lagerkvist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Rinkeby, Stockholm, a neighborhood media often stereotypes; Lagerkvist subverts by making the violence structural, not sensational.
The 36-minute runtime mirrors a school period—Simon is trapped in institutional time that keeps ticking regardless of crisis.
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