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Scum

In Borstal, survival rules!

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Release Date

9/12/1979

Runtime

98 mins

Genres

Overview

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$420,000

Revenue

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Homepage

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A punishing, unflinching portrait of institutional brutality and the hierarchy of violence that governs life in a British Borstal. It's a film that doesn't look away from cruelty, demanding your attention rather than your comfort.

Mood

Dread-soakedAngryClaustrophobicBleak

Themes

SurvivalPowerCorruptionComing of age

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheldDocumentary-like

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Graphic violenceSexual violenceSuicide and self-harmRacial violence

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Carlin

Mick Ford

Mick Ford

Archer

Julian Firth

Julian Firth

Davis

John Blundell

John Blundell

Banks

Phil Daniels

Phil Daniels

Richards

John Judd

John Judd

Mr. Sands

Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson

Mr Greaves

Peter Howell

Peter Howell

Governor

Bill Dean

Bill Dean

Mr Duke

John Grillo

John Grillo

Mr Goodyear

P.H. Moriarty

P.H. Moriarty

Mr. Hunt

Ray Burdis

Ray Burdis

Eckersley

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