A class of teenage schoolboys are oblivious to their teacher's attempts to question them about the wider world. They are about to get a lesson they will never forget ... one that will change their lives forever.
Acting
Neil Dudgeon's crumbling hope in real-time.
Direction
Tom Harper builds dread through mundane classroom ritual.
Editing
Every cut elongates the suffocating silence.
Director
Tom Harper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Harper made this as his NFTS graduation film before directing Peaky Blinders and The Woman in Black 2.
The title's 'cherries' references a buried question about sexuality that Phil never gets to ask, symbolizing all suppressed classroom dialogue.
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