Bad Apples
Synopsis
As entertaining as it is provocative, BAD APPLES challenges us to think about our society’s systems and how we justify them to ourselves. Loosely based on Rasmus Andersson’s debut novel 'De Oönskare', which plants a mirror at society, lifting up the covers and showing the ethical hypocrisy that lies beneath many of our individual or collective decisions.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025 - European premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Official Competition
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 99 min
- Format
- DCP
- Director
-
Jonatan Etzler
- Producer
- Oskar Pimlott
- Co-Producer
- Benjamin Greenacre
- Executive Producer
- Judy Counihan, Jamie Hall, Paul Grindey, Charles Moore, Peter Watson, Marie-Gabrielle Stewart
- Editor
- Robert Krantz
- Screenwriter
- Jess O'Kane
- Director of Photography
- Nea Asphäll
- Production Designer
- Jacqueline Abrahams
- Sound
- Andreas Franck
- Composer
- Chris Roe; Music Supervisor: Matt Biffa
- Principal cast
- Saoirse Ronan, Sean Gilder, Kerry Howard, Eddie Waller
- Casting Director
- Fiona Weir
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Pulse Films
The Old Dairy29-33 Scrutton Street
London
EC2A 4HU
Sales Company
HanWay Films
22 Stukeley StreetLondon
WC2B 5LL
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