If...

“A school is a microcosm, especially in England, where education mirrors the bigger picture - that of the whole society.” In the revolutionary sixties full of riots, Lindsay Anderson directed a drama about the young generation’s revolt, whose message is just as relevant today as it was back then. Mick is in the last year of his studies at an old established private school in England that he hates from the bottom of his heart. Everyone in school is being bullied in some way; the younger students by the older ones, the older ones by the school staff. Mick and his friends decide to take the matter in their own hands and change the rules of the game they have been forced to play. The teachers as well as the parents can look forward to an unforgettable grand finale.

If... (Lindsay Anderson, UK, 1968, 111 min., OV+SS)