Screening September 18–24. Tickets on sale soon!
Saoirse Ronan, the incandescent star of Lady Bird, Little Women, and The Outrun, returns to the screen with one of her most daring and memorable roles in Jonatan Etzler's satirical thriller Bad Apples.
Ronan plays Maria, an elementary teacher at a ritzy private school, whose class is plagued by the epic bad behavior of one extremely foul mouthed and disruptive child, Danny. After he has a violent altercation with another student, Maria is forced to take action. And when Danny doesn’t show up for the next few days, she is shocked at how easily the parents accept his absence — and don't want him back.
As things spiral even further out of control, Maria is caught between her own bad choices, the utter lack of concern from her community, and the less-than-angelic behaviour of her other students.
(Robyn Citizen, TIFF)
2026, 100 minutes, UK, Directed by Jonatan Etzler, Rated R
"[A] witheringly funny and searing satirical thriller…further bolstered by a fiercely funny, multilayered performance from Saoirse Ronan"
– Chase Hutchinson, The Wrap
“Howlingly funny”
– James Mottram, Radio Times
“Bad Apples is a knockout”
– Nick Ruhrkraut, AwardsWatch
“Anchored by a spectacularly unhinged performance from Saoirse Ronan”
– Doug Jamieson, The Jam Report
“The Dr. Strangelove of school-set satires, one where you’ll be shocked – yet thoroughly entertained – by how far they’re willing to stretch their concept.”
– Jack Martin, Film Feeder
