Teacher in a grey sweater holds a cup, talking to attentive students in green uniforms seated in a classroom.

Preview: Bad Apples

Film

Sun 6 Sept 16:00

Director: Jonathan Etzler
Cast: Jacob Anderson, Saoirse Ronan, Robert Emms
Details: 101 mins, 2025, UK
Primary language: English

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Starring four time Academy Award® nominee Saoirse Ronan, Bad Apples is loosely based on Rasmus Andersson’s debut novel De Oönskare.

Ronan plays Maria, a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 11-year-olds but unable to because of 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.

She 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.

As entertaining as it is provocative, Bad Apples challenges us to think about our society’s systems and how we justify them to ourselves.

Introduced by local comedian and actor Amy Mason and actor Alice Lamb, who both appear in the film.

Wheelchair User Spaces

Event types:

AD: Audio Description
Intro: Introductory Talk

Sun 6 Sept

16:00 (ends 17:51)ADIntro

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Pricing

All tickets are £4.00 including booking fee.

Access

Cinema seat widths

Our cinema seats are 46cm wide, with wooden armrests on either side of each seat that can’t be moved.

We can provide seats without armrests or bean bags as alternatives at the front of the cinema if that is more comfortable for you. Please just call our Box Office on (0117) 927 5100 or book in-person to arrange.

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Join our Access Register to help us deliver the best possible experience for you. You can sign up to our Access Register online, or in person at Box Office or by calling (0117) 927 5100.

Further info

Our building is accessible, our staff are trained in basic BSL and Deaf awareness, we have toilets for everyone and we run an accessible programme of screenings, events and exhibitions. Find out more on our Access page.

Concessions

Concessions apply to Full Time Students, Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance, 66+ who have retired, Equity and BECTU members and disabled people.

Where applicable please produce proof of eligibility when collecting a ticket or showing your ticket at the entrance to the cinema.