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Which side will you be on?
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Produced by Memorial Enterprises
A provocative, formally inventive satire of institutional power and social hierarchy that escalates from schoolboy rebellion into violent revolution, questioning the nature of authority and resistance.
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
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Is if.... one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 87% of films.
Does if.... end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is if.... scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is if.... easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is if.... violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.
Is if.... sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
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