Child's Play

Child's Play

You only lose once.

1972100 min6.1 / 10

A psychological thriller set within the insular world of a boys' boarding school, where institutional facades mask darker interpersonal conflicts and moral ambiguity.

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

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