Evil (2003) ( Ondskan )

Evil (2003) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$27.99

Original Title: Ondskan
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( DTS 5.1 )
Swedish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Mikael Hafstrom

Written By:
Jan Guillou
Hans Gunnarsson

Actors:
Andreas Wilson ..... Erik Ponti
Henrik Lundström ..... Pierre Tanguy
Gustaf Skarsgård ..... Otto Silverhielm
Linda Zilliacus ..... Marja
Jesper Salén ..... Dahlén
Filip Berg ..... Johan
Fredrik af Trampe ..... von Schenken
Richard Danielsson ..... Karlberg
Martin Svane ..... Leffler
Rustan Blomqvist ..... Bergvall
Peter Eggers ..... Von Rosen
Per Westergren ..... Lewenheusen
Henrik Linnros ..... Beijer
Theodor Hoffsten ..... Lagerros
Sanna Mari Patjas ..... Stina (as Sannamari Patjas)

Synopsis:

Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom directs the coming-of-age drama Ondskan (Evil), based on the autobiographical novel by Jan Guillou. In the mid-'50s, teenager Erik Ponti (Andreas Wilson) suffers serious abuse at the hands of his father (Johan Rabaeus). He translates the violence at home to school, eventually getting himself expelled for fighting. His mother (Marie Richardson) struggles to come up with the money to send him to a private school, where the senior boys brutally haze the juniors in a ritualistic tradition. Erik makes enemies with senior Otto Silverheim (Gustaf Skarsgеrd), but, fortunately, finds friendship with Pierre (Henrik Lundstrom) and romance with Marja (Linda Zilliacus). Evil was screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Erik Ponti is a sixteen-year-old boy who faces a lot of violence in his life. At school, he and his gang lend money to other students at high interest, resulting in a beating if they don't pay the money back in time; several teachers maltreat students that don't behave (in the book; in the movie it is not explained so widely). At home he lives with his sadistic stepfather and his mother. When Erik and his gang are caught stealing records from stores, Erik gets the entire blame because of the loose kind of loyalty in the gang, resulting in his expulsion from school (again, in the book; in the movie he's just shown fighting with other students). But circumstances allow him to matriculate into a private boarding school, Stjärnsberg, where he gets a new chance to continue his studies. Erik decides to try and break away from his earlier violent lifestyle. But Stjärnsberg isn't as nice and friendly as it seems initially. Erik has to face new kinds of violence in this school; from upperclassmen and members of the school council instead of teachers. At the school, a system called 'kamratuppfostran' ('schoolmate upbringing') is in place; a codename for a violent kind of bullying directed especially at nonconforming students, ostensibly to keep discipline and order in school. Erik, being the kind of person who won't accept injustices, quickly becomes the main target.

Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have to say and they don't like it.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 25 March, 2024.