UNITED KINGDOM · 1979

Scum

Alan Clarke

British Kitchen Sink institutional violence juvenile delinquency survival in prison social corruption coming of age in captivity

Synopsis

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

Year1979

CountryUnited Kingdom

DirectorAlan Clarke

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