The Wave

When a high school teacher is assigned to lead a project week on autocracy, he decides to run an experiment: he establishes a movement called The Wave, with uniforms, salutes, and collective discipline. What starts as a classroom exercise takes on a life of its own — students who were indifferent become fervent believers, outsiders are bullied, and the line between simulation and reality dissolves. Dennis Gansel's thriller, based on a real 1967 experiment in California, is a sharp, unsettling lesson in how quickly democratic societies can slide.

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