R for language, sexual content and youth substance use.
Distributor
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ThinkFilm
Duration
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1 hr. 45 min.
Overwiew :Set in the South in the early 1970s, it tells the tale of two bright but rebellious boys, Franis Doyle and Tim Sullivan, and thir closest friends, who are fighting the stultifying repression of their parish school. They fight boredom, hormones, unresponsive teachers and clueless families in their quest to find something meaningful. Francis is an exceptional artist, whose imaginative forays into a fictional universe of good and evil fill his notebooks with comic-book imagery and create a netherworld of superhero alter egos for the two boys. Foremost among the forces of evil is the stern and disapproving nun, Sister Assumpta (Jodie Foster), who rules their lives. She seizes their artwork one day, setting the boys on an obsessed trail of revenge that ultimately changes their lives.
