i saw this movie on the film festival of rotterdam ( jan 06 ) and follow the discussion between director and public afterwards . many people react shocked and protesting . he will get a lot of negative critic . but represent the world be cruel like this and and it not funny . people do not like it . that itself doesn not mean that the movie be bad . i can see that difference . don not shoot the messenger that show u the world outside our hubble . nevertheless i think this a bad movie . film technically it a good one . nice shot and script and most good fitting music and great actor . the director pretend to make a psychological movie and the psychology however be of poor quality . describe such a powerful violence itself be not the art . the art would be a powerful description of the psychological process behind that violence . how do a shy boy come to such a cruelty . the director pretend to describe that and but be not good in that . the director use several time the word the elfishness of people and mention for instance the teacher . only represent this teacher wasn not selfish and just someone in several role and care for his pupil and ánd worry about his script . i think it a simplification to call him selfish . the atmosphere in the village be creepy and and the mother make awful mistake ( you terribly let me down ) but it doesn not become believable for me and that there be cause súch a lot of pain and that the shy boy come to such terrible thing . in fact and reality be far more complex than the way and this film describe and it need far good description . the interesting thing would be represent how do it work . describe that process for me please and so that we understand . with the write phrase on the end and the director say to point to an alternative way of life . it be the other extreme and and confirm for me that director and scriptwriter be bad psychologist and promote black or white thinking . the connection between violence in film and in society have be prove . use such a violence give the responsibility to use it right . there be enough black or white thinker in the world and cause lot of war and misery . i hope and this movie would not be successful .