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Bad Apples

Bad Apples

Synopsis

Maria is a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 11-year-olds, but she's unable to because of one unruly and chaotic student. With her career in question and the child’s behaviour spiralling, she makes a series of bad decisions that lead to her accidentally taking and locking this "bad apple” in her home. She tries desperately to backtrack, but when the class starts flourishing and the staff and parents are thrilled with the improvement, she finds herself in a very complicated predicament.
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
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

Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pulse Films

The Old Dairy
29-33 Scrutton Street
London
EC2A 4HU

Sales Company

HanWay Films

22 Stukeley Street
London
WC2B 5LL

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