i just pick up the dvd release of this movie while on holiday in norway where it have be release with english subtitle . the film be beautifully photograph and powerfully act . the youngster portray frits the lead character have an astonishingly open face which mirror with painful accuracy the tragic event which unfold around him . early on in the film we see that the father whom frits love so much have mental health problem and this be bring up when the brutal headmaster denies assault the boy and suggest it be his own father . the climactic scene where frits refuse to show any respect to the headmaster while simply stand his ground and repeat liar a he be brutally assault in front of his classmate be a scene you be not likely to forget . the film only weak point be the rather clichéd flower power teacher who use every friendly teacher trick in the book . other than this i feel sure that this be a film you will really enjoy .