Bad Apples

A film by Jonatan Etzlerl. In English with German subtitles.

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A young tea­cher has to deal with a dif­fi­cult pupil in order not to lose her job. A dark comedy.

“Whilst the film is not pri­ma­ri­ly about taking on a fla­wed and out­da­ted edu­ca­ti­on sys­tem, but rather about indi­vi­du­al pro­blems, it nevert­hel­ess main­ta­ins a cri­ti­cal eye on social cir­cum­s­tances and inju­s­ti­ces. The children’s fami­ly cir­cum­s­tances are shown rather in pas­sing. From the out­set, the who­le situa­ti­on feels men­acing; only the light, boun­cy music seems to sug­gest: ‘Perhaps it won’t be quite that bad…’ Yet the tone grows incre­asing­ly stark as the plot unfolds – about which we shall reve­al as litt­le as pos­si­ble here. The humour is so bit­ter­ly dark that more than once, laugh­ter gets stuck in your throat.” filmstarts

Credits:

UK 2026, 100 mins, English with German sub­tit­les
Director: Jonatan Etzler
Screenplay: Jess O’Kane
Cinematography: Nea Asphäll
Editing: Robert Krantz
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Jacob Anderson, Eddie Waller, Nia Brown

Trailer:

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