13 year old, 13 year old boy, absolution, abstinence, adolescence, ale, algebra, altar boy, anger, anguish, applause, asking for god's help, australia, autobiographical, award, bare breasts, bare butt, bare chested male, barefoot male, bathrobe, bathroom, bathtub, beach, bed wetting, bedsheet, beer, best friend, boarding school, boat, body versus mind, bonfire, boy, boys' choir, boys' school, bra, briefs, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, brushing teeth, brutality, bus, cane, car accident, catholic, catholic boys' school, catholic guilt, catholic school, catholicism, caught masturbating, cave, celibacy, chapel, chase, chess, choir, choir director, christian, cigarette smoking, class, classroom, closeted homosexual, clothed male naked male, cmnm, cmnm scene, coffin, coming of age, confession, confessional, cook, corpse, coughing, cow, cross, crossing self, crotch grab, cruelty, crying, cupcake, cutting someone's hair, cynicism, dead body, dead boy, death, death of priest, dining hall, directorial debut, diving, dormitory, dream, dream sequence, drink, drinking, drunk driving, drunkenness, dying, eating, erection, erotic dream, erotic fantasy, escape, eyeglasses, factory worker, falling into water, false accusation, false accusation of lying, family relationships, fanatic, fantasy sequence, farmer, father son relationship, fear, female frontal nudity, female nudity, female objectification, first gay sexual experience, first kiss, flagellation, flashback, flashlight, food, forest, freedom, friend, friendship, frustration, gardening, gay subtext, girl, greenhouse, ground hockey, group shower, guest house, guilt, haircut, hairy chest, hand job, hate, hell, hit on the leg, hit with a hockey stick, hockey, holy communion, holy water, homoeroticism, homosexual subtext, imitating someone, independent film, innocence, intercepted letter, introvert, irish, joke telling, jumping into water, kiss, kitchen, knitting, leg burn, letter, locker room, looking out a window, loss of best friend, magazine, magazine ad, male female relationship, male frontal nudity, male full frontal nudity, male masturbation, male nudity, male objectification, male pubic hair, male rear nudity, man in a shower, man wears a swimsuit, man wears underwear, mass, masturbation, meditation, milking a cow, missing boy, monastery, mother son relationship, mutual masturbation, nervous breakdown, nudity, old man, optimism, pajamas, peer pressure, penis, perfectionist, piano, piano player, picnic, playing pool, pool table, porridge, prayer, pretending to be cousins, priest, pub, puberty, pubic hair, public swimming pool, pursuit, rain, reading a letter, reading a magazine, reading aloud, reading from the bible, reckless driving, reference to devil, reference to don camillo, reference to god, reference to lourdes, reference to rousseau, reference to saint augustine, reflection in a car window, religion, religious discipline, religious fanatic, religious fanaticism, religious icon, religious retreat, river, running, running away, saved, sawing a log, school, school expulsion, school uniform, search, secret society, self abuse, self discipline, self inflicted injury, sermon, sex, sexual awakening, sexual repression, sexuality, shame, shared shower, shower, shower room, showering in underwear, showering together, silent retreat, singer, singing, slow motion scene, social masturbation, son kisses mother goodbye, song, speedo, student, student athlete, subjective camera, swimming, swimming pool, swimming underwater, swimsuit, tackling someone, taking a shower, taking off clothes, taking off pants, taking off shirt, talking to god, tardiness, teacher, teacher student relationship, tears, teasing, teenage boy, teenage girl, teenage sexuality, teenager, temptation, three word title, throwing a stone into water, title spoken by character, toilet stall, totalitarianism, underwater scene, virgin mary statue, washing bedsheets, washing face, washing pajamas, wellington boots, wet dream, wheelbarrow, whip, whipping, woods, worrying, wrestling, writing on a toilet stall wall, written by director, year 1953