The Chocolate War
mearbhrach
2 min - May 3, 2007
Adapted from Robert Cormier's controversial novel - the most widely banned book in America - this "sardonic comedy-drama" (L.A. Herald Examiner) explores the cruelty and betrayal of adolesence. The Chocolate War is set in a Catholic boy's school where Jerry, a new student and rebellious loner, finds himself at odds with the school's hierarchy.
When Jerry refuses to be bullied into selling chocolates at the school's annual fundraiser, the surly school administrator, Brother Leon teams up with Archie, the leader of Trinity prep school's secret society the Vigils, to make Jerry's life a living hell. But an uncompromising Jerry refuses to back down.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0094869/
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