The Devil's Playground
Dramaboarding schoolcoming of agemelbourne, australiacatholic schooldisciplinesemi autobiographical1950s
A somber, introspective coming-of-age drama set within the repressive confines of a Catholic seminary, exploring adolescent awakening against institutional constraint and spiritual crisis.
Australia, 1953. Thirteen-year-old Tom Allen attends a strict Catholic seminary for boys administered by De La Salle Brothers. The adolescent students and their adult instructors struggle deeply with sexual repression and religious doubt.
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