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491

1964 · 102 min Drama
5.6 / 10 · TMDB

A study in forgiveness as oppression and goodness as provocation. Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment where they are assigned to live together in a rundown apartment in the heart of Stockholm, Sweden. The six boys are being supervised by two forgiving and uneasy social workers. Their need to continue to commit petty crimes escalates out of boredom with the situation. One night they run into a young girl in trouble.

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Year 1964
Country Sweden
Genre Drama
Director Vilgot Sjöman
Runtime 102 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.6/10 (17 votes)

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The film constructs a chilling case study in the psychology of violence, relying on a stark, observational style. It explores how enforced forgiveness and a vacuum of authority can perversely fuel transgression, framing goodness as a provocative force.

What lingers after viewing is a profoundly unsettling question about the limits of social engineering and the dark impulses it may unwittingly unleash. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Vilgot Sjöman

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