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Foreign Film Festival: “King of Devil’s Island”

Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastoy, located in the Oslo fjord live a group of delinquent, young boys aged 11 to 18. The boys’ daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. One day a new boy, Erling (17), arrives with his own agenda; how to escape from the island. How far is he willing to go in order to get his freedom? Directed by Marius Holst, 2010, 120 min., Norway/France/ Sweden/Poland. In Norwegian w/subtitles.

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