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UNITED STATES · 1972

Child's Play

Sidney Lumet
New Hollywood institutional rivalry workplace conflict power dynamics corruption in authority psychological manipulation
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Synopsis

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

Year1972
CountryUnited States
DirectorSidney Lumet
MovementNew Hollywood
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