Bad Apples at GFT

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18 September – 1 October, 2026, 8.20 p.m.

GFT, 12 Ros Street, Glasgow G 6RB

Captioned screening, Audio Description available

Saoirse Ronan gives a career best performance as Maria, a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 10-year-olds who is stifled by one unruly and chaotic student. With her career in question and the child’s behaviour spiralling, she makes a series of bad decisions that lead to her accidentally taking and locking this “bad apple” in her home. Maria tries desperately to backtrack, but when the class starts flourishing and the staff and parents are thrilled with the improvement, she finds herself in a very complicated predicament.

“This is a very dark comedy, and thanks to Saoirse Ronan’s brilliant performance it is hugely entertaining; the thing that makes it so funny is her character’s absurd pragmatism in the midst of an extremely disturbing situation. Her actions are quite shockingly wrong on all levels – but the way she continues to rationalise it to herself is hilarious. Packed with a very fine supporting cast, the film particularly targets the prejudices and self-interest of parents of school-aged children, as a community proves itself very capable of ignoring awful realities in favour of impressive outward appearances. Avoid the spoiler-packed trailer if you can – this film’s dark pleasures are best experienced with an element of surprise.”- Paul Gallagher, Head of Programme, GFT

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