A group of teenage altar boys, frustrated by the indifference of adults and the Church to social injustice, decide to implement their own unconventional plan for the moral renewal of their neighbourhood. Armed with youthful rebellion and their personal interpretation of the Bible, they install a wiretap in the confessional to learn more about their neighbours. Disguised as Zorro and inspired by ambitions akin to Robin Hood’s, they set themselves up as judges, helping those in need and punishing sinners. However, their mission soon turns into a dangerous game as the boys, guided by their idealistic code of honour, begin to tread a fine line between good and evil. The gritty reality of life in a dodgy housing estate blends with a mission straight out of a superhero comic, except that instead of capes, the protagonists wear surplices.

The Altar Boys

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