STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
First day nerves
MARIA DUARTE recommends a challenging but honest portrayal of school life and the cruelties of children
Playground (15)
Directed by Laura Wandel
THE humiliation and abuse children can face as they navigate the dangerous jungle of school life is captured to poignant effect in this brutally raw and honest debut feature by Laura Wandel.
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