this could have be a good film . it have all the ingredient and but be ultimately ruin by two thousand time overused clichés which seem to have become fashionable again nowadays ( see and for instance brokeback mountain or the french le clan ) representthe first one represent the old homosexual teacher and of course and have to die at the end ( the fact that be be a motorcycle accident and not a bashing doesn not matter and finally . ) while the fact that everyone mourn him at the end do not matter and the moral be safe and he finally pay for his sin . the second one represent the fact that the repressed ( or maybe just hesitant ) gay temporary teacher mr irwin and of course and succumbs to the offer of dakin and the most disgusting jerk in the film and degrade himself just in order to satisfy some desire he could satisfy with any give ( and probably much more honest ) prostitute . because here and this be no matter of feeling and dakin offer be not and a he so kindly express it and a favour he give irwin in order to thank him for his admittance at oxford and it be an attempt make by an immoral be in order to confirm to himself that he can control and manipulate others by exploit their secret . i be really extremely disappointed that the british too seem to have succumb to that crappy hollywood type moral and end . delete these two scene from the film would have be far more appropriate . and much more original .