#andreas wilson

Evil, 2003

Poster for Mikael Håfström’s film starring Andreas Wilson

Ondskan (2003) aka Evil

In this Swedish drama, a young man called Erik (Andreas Wilson) is whipped a couple of times by his stepfather. The first time, we only see the young man remove his shirt and then the stepfather appears with a belt.

We hear the beating while we see his mother play the piano to distract herself. Later on, we see a shirtless Erik being beaten by his father with a riding crop and we see some realistic welts. The stepfather makes Eric shake his hand after the punishment is over.