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6.5/10 • 156

2016-04-12 • 1h 58m

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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.

Directors
Kirill Serebrennikov
Editors
Yuri Karikh

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  1. Petr Skvortsov

    Petr Skvortsov

    Veniamin

  2. Yuliya Aug

    Yuliya Aug

    Mother

  3. Viktoriya Isakova

    Viktoriya Isakova

    Elena Lvovna Krasnova, Biology Teacher

  4. Anton Vasilyev

    Anton Vasilyev

    Physical Education Teacher

  5. Aleksandr Gorchilin

    Aleksandr Gorchilin

    Grisha

  6. Aleksandra Revenko

    Aleksandra Revenko

    Lida Tkachenko

  7. Svetlana Bragarnik

    Svetlana Bragarnik

    School Director

  8. Nikolai Roshchin

    Nikolai Roshchin

    Father Vsevolod

  9. Irina Rudnitskaya

    Irina Rudnitskaya

    History Teacher

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Simon Foster

May 13, 2016

"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

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Original Language
Russian
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Keywords
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