2016 · drama · religious
The Student
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov1h 58m2016
A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
Our read: The Student (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive drama · religious entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / religious, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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