The Chosen Ones

In the late 70s young Petra Grust begins teaching at the progressive Odenwald School She is flattered by the trust placed in her by its widely respected headmaster Simon Pistorius But gradually certain incidents at the boarding school begin to unsettle her Petra then realizes that Pistorius is abusing Frank a 13yearold When Frank is told that he has to spend school holidays with Pistorius he tries to commit suicide Petra tells Franks father the chairman of the schools governing body but he believes Pistorius instead of his own son Petra fails to convince people of the mans true nature 30 years later Frank goes to Petra who has long since left the school and has stopped teaching altogether He has never been able to speak about what happened but now after the suicide of another pupil he is no longer willing to remain silent He wants Petra to bear witness at the schools forthcoming anniversary celebrations