Beaten bloody and soaked with urine, the teenager is hauled to his feet and splayed out on a cross in a schoolyard. Fellow students in blindfolds stand passively as a group of unmasked bullies fire guns and riddle the crucified boy’s body with bullets.
The grotesque scene forms the climax of the video for “College Boy,” a single from the latest album by popular French band Indochine. Directed by Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan, the video has been met with shock and criticism, especially in France, where this week members of the government agency Conseil supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) discussed whether to ban it for viewers under 16, and prevent it from airing on TV before 10 p.m.
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