We meet a cultivated and intelligent, independent-thinking family in the strictly communist Poland of the 1950s. The father of the family gets arrested for voicing anti-government opinions, and sentenced to imprisonment. Their young son, Tomek, gets sent to a communist youth camp for 're-education'.
The film depicts the boy's transformation, from initially like his father highly critical of the regime, to a staunch communist who snitches on his fellow students. The boy and his father meet again after his father's release. The shocked father is shattered when he discovers his son's transformation. A chilling turn of events indeed.
'Shivers' is an excellent film with fascinating script and believable performances, as well as above average cinematography. I score this ultimately disturbing film a very good 7.5/10.
The film depicts the boy's transformation, from initially like his father highly critical of the regime, to a staunch communist who snitches on his fellow students. The boy and his father meet again after his father's release. The shocked father is shattered when he discovers his son's transformation. A chilling turn of events indeed.
'Shivers' is an excellent film with fascinating script and believable performances, as well as above average cinematography. I score this ultimately disturbing film a very good 7.5/10.