1961 · drama
The Children's Hour
Directed by William Wyler1h 48m1961
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
Our read: The Children's Hour (1961) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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