The Danish 'Lord of the Flies' nobody warned you about: friendship, class, and casual cruelty.
Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. All three seem friends at first, but gradually Steen starts pushing Mulle away while pulling the impressionable Bjørn with him towards more and more violence.
Acting
Teen actors feel dangerously authentic, not performed.
Direction
August's restraint makes violence hit harder.
Director
Bille August
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DK
