
Overview
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (2004)
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Box office
Grossed $12.5M worldwide, about 4.2 times its $3M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Evil
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Setting
Set in Sweden and Stjärnsberg
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Music
Music by Francis Shaw
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Piotr Mokrosiński
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Hans GunnarssonScreenplay
- Mikael HåfströmScreenplay
- Jan GuillouNovel
- Original title
- Ondskan
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 16, 2003
- Original language
- Swedish
- Budget
- $3M
- Revenue
- $12.5M
- Countries
- Sweden, Denmark
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In the United States
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