The History Boys
History. It's just one bloody thing after another.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Produced by DNA Films, UK Film Council
A witty, character-driven ensemble drama about bright young men navigating education, identity, and coming of age in 1980s Yorkshire, balancing humor and genuine emotional depth.
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
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