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Gorgeously photographed, sharply acted and hauntingly moody, this period boarding-school drama keeps our interest even though the story is extremely thin. And there doesn't really seem to be much of a point to it.

Gorgeously photographed, sharply acted and hauntingly moody, this period boarding-school drama keeps our interest even though the story is extremely thin. And there doesn't really seem to be much of a point to it.

Gorgeously photographed, sharply acted and hauntingly moody, this period boarding-school drama keeps our interest even though the story is extremely thin. And there doesn't really seem to be much of a point to it.

Subplot revolves around a fat butcher who falls in love with a woman he can't have. She is queen and seemingly unreachable at the town's upscale brothel. Each of the stories is given a different approach: the Butcher's is mostly slapstick, with exaggerated physical gags which will either have you laughing or groaning. This really is a love it or hate it kind of film.

It was also the first time, as far as I could remember, that the high school drama of who's having sex with who would actually turn out to be a plot point.

It was also the first time, as far as I could remember, that the high school drama of who's having sex with who would actually turn out to be a plot point.

It was also the first time, as far as I could remember, that the high school drama of who's having sex with who would actually turn out to be a plot point.

It was also the first time, as far as I could remember, that the high school drama of who's having sex with who would actually turn out to be a plot point.

It was also the first time, as far as I could remember, that the high school drama of who's having sex with who would actually turn out to be a plot point.

It was also the first time, as far as I could remember, that the high school drama of who's having sex with who would actually turn out to be a plot point.