Evil is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Mikael Håfström, based on Jan Guillou's semi-autobiographical novel Ondskan from 1981, and starring Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film is set in a private boarding school in the year 1959 with institutional violence as its theme. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. It won three Swedish Guldbagge Awards including Best Film. Erik Ponti is a fifteen year old living with his mother and stepfather. At home, his sadistic stepfather beats... him for even the most minute infractions. His docile mother ignores her husband's sadistic nature and allows the violence to proceed. At school, Erik is violent and frequently engages in fights, as a result of his violent upbringing. After a particularly vicious fight, Erik is expelled. The headmaster labels him vicious and accuses him of being pure evil. In an attempt to provide her son with a fresh start he sorely needs, his mother sells of some of her possessions and sends Erik to a boarding school.
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| Release date: | September 16, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Mikael Håfström |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ingemar Leijonborg, Hans Lönnerheden |
| Editor: | Darek Hodor |
| Music by: | Francis Shaw |
| Cinematography: | Peter Mokrosinski |
| Screenplay by: | Mikael Håfström, Hans Gunnarsson |
| Adapted from: | Ondskan |