Summary
A youth facility in Hradiště strives to re-educate young people who have gone down the wrong path. The facility’s enlightened director, Pavlata (Radoslav Brzobohatý), sees to the conditional release of Pepík Adamec (Ladislav Potměšil). But unfortunately, the boy fails to find the necessary support from his family and colleagues upon returning to normal life. Conflicts seem to be a daily routine at the furniture factory where he gets work. He also cannot tolerate the behaviour of his mother (Jaroslava Adamová), who seeks solace from the burden of looking after Pepík’s dying father – in the arms of a lover. Following an assault on a workshop foreman, Pepík must return to the institution where no-one is interested in his problems, except for its director, Pavlata… Škola hříšníků (School of Sinners), directed in 1965 by Jiří Hanibal according to a script by Drahoslav Makovička, was an attempt at criticising the prevalent morals and social climate.
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