In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

Year1968

CountryIndia

DirectorLindsay Anderson

MovementBritish Kitchen Sink

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I think the Lindsay Anderson film, If..., was the first major cinema experience that made me realise how much film could affect you... I wanted to make a film that was as affecting as those for a new audience.

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Elephant 2003 · Gus Van Sant Rushmore 1998 · Wes Anderson

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