Film

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger 1960

Directed by Cyril Frankel

  • Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • 81 min

...and then he made us play that silly game...

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

DramaMysteryThrillercanadachasecandypatriarchsocial commentaryprincipalpedophilechild molestercourtroom
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  • Harm to children
  • Sexual violence

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