Guy Bennett is nearing the end of his last year at a leading English boarding school. His best friend, Tommy Judd, is a Marxist, committed to Lenin’s brave new world. In a school permeated by homosexuality, affairs between the boys are accepted, provided discretion is practised. Bennett breaks this unwritten rule and the humiliating consequences establish within him a rejection of the system that excludes him. Scripted by Julian Mitchell from his own play.
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ACMI Identifier
302489
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Espionage
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Boarding schools
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)