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The premise for The Edukators made me cringe, I admit it: Three young anti-globalist agitators make a name for themselves by breaking into rich people’s houses, rearranging the furniture, and leaving notes like “YOUR DAYS OF PLENTY ARE NUMBERED.” Exactly the kind of self-indulgent stunts masquerading as political theater that went out of fashion decades ago. Worse, the filmmakers probably thought these insufferable prats were the good guys.

I was happy to be proven wrong. The Edukators is a smart movie, far smarter than I ever expected it to be — and more importantly, a deeply compassionate one. It has great empathy not only for its young would-be revolutionaries, but also for one of the people they are allegedly rebelling against, and what looks at first like a case of scoring easy points against a wicked system turns into something a lot more nuanced and subtle. It’s not even a movie about the politics, but about the way politics — any political stance, really — is shaped by the dimensions of a person’s life. You always embody your beliefs, even if you’re not aware of how you do it.