Eleven minutes that'll wreck your day — and you won't look away.
A portrayal of bullying among students, occurring while the school's personnel are present but unable to effectively intervene.
Direction
Lindgren traps you in the room — no escape, no relief.
Acting
Leif Andrée's principal — impotence made flesh.
Editing
Eleven minutes feel like slow-motion horror.
Director
Victor Lindgren
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Sweden's national reckoning with school bullying, it was screened in teacher training programs — some educators walked out.
The 'classmates' title is bitter irony — the bystanders are as culpable as the aggressors, a theme Lindgren explores without a single line of dialogue condemning them.
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