Director: Alexandre Carrière
A quiet Swiss campus turns into a crime scene the moment one student turns up dead, and the classmate everyone decides to blame is the last person anyone thought would need defending.
What is The Boarding School Murders about?
Frankie, a teenager raised in foster care, has finally landed somewhere stable: a prestigious boarding school tucked into the Swiss countryside. That fragile sense of belonging collapses when a classmate is murdered on campus and suspicion falls immediately on the outsider in the group. With staff and students treating her guilt as a foregone conclusion, Frankie is forced to piece together what actually happened before the label of prime suspect becomes permanent. The film moves through dorm rooms, hushed hallways, and the social hierarchies of privileged teenagers, using the closed setting to keep the list of possible culprits small and the tension constant.
Cast & crew
Hannah Galway carries the film as Frankie, playing wariness and resolve in equal measure as a girl who has learned not to expect the benefit of the doubt. Christina Cox and Nicole Amber Farrugia round out an ensemble of faculty and classmates whose shifting loyalties keep the mystery's suspect pool believable rather than contrived.
Context & significance
Director Alexandre Carrière keeps the 86-minute runtime tight, favoring a boarding-school backdrop that has become a reliable home for teen mysteries precisely because it isolates its characters from outside help. The Swiss setting adds a layer of old-money formality to the story, making Frankie's foster-care background feel even more like a target painted on her back. It is a lean genre entry built for viewers who want a whodunit without a long commitment.
Where & how to watch
The Boarding School Murders is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, and the page can be read without signing in first. Persian subtitles are included, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow the investigation in full, and the interface itself is built around a Farsi-first experience for the Iranian diaspora.