The Student
The hypocrisy of religion and society that challenges all of us.
A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
- 6.4
- 2016
- Released
- 1h 58m
Petr Skvortsov
Veniamin
Yuliya Aug
Mother
Viktoriya Isakova
Elena Lvovna Krasnova, Biology Teacher
Anton Vasilyev
Physical Education Teacher
Aleksandr Gorchilin
Grisha
Aleksandra Revenko
Lida Tkachenko
Svetlana Bragarnik
School Director
Nikolai Roshchin
Father VsevolodIrina Rudnitskaya
History TeacherMarina Kleshchyova
School Caretaker
Released
ru
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- #antisemitism
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- #disabled person
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- #religious conviction
- #homosexuality
- #sexual education
- #murderous intent
- #fighting the system
- #leg
- #russia society
- #religious extremism
- #girls
- #theory of evolution
- #bible code
- #school swimsuit
Reviews
**When a thin line drawn between the two concepts.** It is hard to describe this film. A challenging film to make as well. Not like an expensive film with huge cast and graphics. It's a simple drama, a drama that draws a line between two different theories the humans have adapted and followed in the present world. So when a film drags religious as its prime topic, most of those kind of films ne
"The Russian auteur’s journey into the dark recesses of a fanatical mindset provides religious extremism with a truly terrifying façade – the unbridled and fearless arrogance of a disenfranchised teenage boy..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/5/14/the-student.html