Directed by Alf Sjoberg
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Eclipse Series)
Students in an all-boy Swedish school are tormented by their Latin teacher. After classes, one of them falls in love with a local girl of ill-repute. It turns out she is having an affair with the teacher, leading to much melodrama. Ingmar Bergman's first screen credit, as writer, is a moody portrayal of teen angst, in particular when it comes up against authority figures. Enhanced greatly by the black-and-white cinematography of the prolific Martin Bodin, who uses shadows to great effect.
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