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The Student (2016)

Apr 12, 2016 Drama 1h 58m
65%
User Score
6.9/10
87%
76/100

The hypocrisy of religion and society that challenges all of us.

Overview

A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.

Kirill Serebrennikov
Director

Top Billed Cast

Yuliya Aug
Yuliya Aug

Mother
Petr Skvortsov
Petr Skvortsov

Veniamin
Aleksandra Revenko
Aleksandra Revenko

Lida Tkachenko
Anton Vasilyev
Anton Vasilyev

Physical Education Teacher
Viktoriya Isakova
Viktoriya Isakova

Krasnova
Svetlana Bragarnik
Svetlana Bragarnik

School Director
Irina Rudnitskaya
Irina Rudnitskaya

History Teacher
Marina Kleshchyova
Marina Kleshchyova

School Bursar
Nikolai Roshchin
Nikolai Roshchin

Father Vsevolod

Full Cast & Crew

Media

The Student (УЧЕНИК) | Official Trailer | Streaming on Klassiki
The Student (УЧЕНИК) | Official Trailer | Streaming on Klassiki
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The Student (2016) | Official Trailer
The Student (2016) | Official Trailer
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Official UK Trailer
Official UK Trailer
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Reviews

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A review by Simon Foster
Written on May 13, 2016

"The Russian auteur’s journey into the dark recesses of a fanatical mindset provides religious extremism with a truly terrifying façade – the unbridled and fearless arrogance of a disenfranchised teenage boy..."

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A review by Reno
Written on November 4, 2017

**When a thin line drawn between the two concepts.**

It is hard to describe this film. A challenging film to make as well. Not like an expensive film with huge cast and graphics. It's a simple drama, a drama that draws a line between two different theories the humans have adapted and followed in the present world. So when a film drags religious as its prime topic, most of those kind of films never received well in the past, says the history. I don't know this film met with any kind of controversy, but all I know is it brought in a wrong religion to tell the story.

I'm not against such kind of concept. But this film was one of those annoying one. It's neither preaching religious nor against. That does not mean a well balanced narration. No, it's not. If you are a believer, you might t...

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