Bad Apples (15)

Directed by Jonatan Etzler, starring Saoirse Ronan

Duration: 101 minutes
Age Rating: 15

Tickets:

£12

Saoirse Ronan stars as Maria, a frustrated teacher struggling to control one particularly disruptive pupil. When the child’s behaviour threatens both her classmates and Maria’s career, a disastrous chain of events ends with the young troublemaker confined in Maria’s basement. Horrified by what she has done, Maria looks for a way out. But with her problem pupil absent, the school begins to flourish, and delighted staff and parents notice the transformation. Dark, provocative and wickedly satirical, Bad Apples turns an impossible classroom dilemma into a deliciously uncomfortable thriller about what happens when doing the wrong thing seems to produce all the right results.

Saoirse Ronan stars as a teacher whose struggle with one disruptive pupil takes a spectacularly wrong turn. But when her terrible decision unexpectedly transforms the school for the better, putting things right becomes increasingly complicated. Bad Apples is a darkly funny, provocative thriller about very bad behaviour and its surprisingly good consequences. "A sharp, dark comedy with shocking twists... Ronan is in fine acting form": The Hollywood Reporter