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The Devil's Playground

1977Movie1 h 47 minPG-13

Drama
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb6.8Rotten Tomatoes100%67%
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb6.8Rotten Tomatoes100%67%

Summary

Australia, 1953. Thirteen-year-old Tom Allen attends a strict Catholic seminary for boys administered by De La Salle Brothers. The adolescent students and their adult instructors struggle deeply with sexual repression and religious doubt.

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  • Makes you care deeply.
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Sex Is Evil, and I Am Hornyin 190 titlesA major theme of the film is the tensions, personal or otherwise, that arise from religious doctrines requiring one to suppress their natural sexual desires, whether it be a boy going through puberty…Non-Nude Bathingin 131 titlesA key plot point is that seminary students are required to keep their bodies covered at all times.All 6 tropes

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