Extended Reading
  • Aida 2022-10-28 15:36:33

    Conducting zero points can't stop the freedom of children

    The film begins with the children's journey back to school, showing us the children's playfulness. In boarding schools, strict institutions and rotten dogma suppress children's nature and freedom. The three restless boys were immediately given zero points for conduct and were placed in confinement,...

  • Wayne 2022-09-21 16:51:08

    Foreign Film History (Notes)

    This is the director's autobiographical work. The work represents a period of children's life in a boarding school, it's not even realistic, but it embodies poetic thought.

    On the surface, it looks like a group of mischievous children, but its deep background is the suppression of human nature in...

Zero for Conduct quotes

  • Tabard: War is declared! Down with monitors and punishment! Long live rebellion! Liberty or death! Hoist our flag on the school roof! Stand firm with us tomorrow! We'll bombard them with rotten old books, dirty tin cans, smelly boots and all the ammo piled up in the attic! We'll fight those old goats on commemoration day! Onward!