Soyboy

A London street at dusk. Masked perpetrators film progressive teacher Gabe licking a shoe in exchange for his phone. When the incident goes viral and he discovers the aggressors were his own students, Gabe senses an opportunity to practice his values, be the good guy, and so win back the respect of his humiliated teenage son Emile.

But reading his forgiveness as weakness, his students start running riot, their behaviour worsening to the point that Gabe is issued an ultimatum by the school - embrace their hard-line response, or face disciplinary action. With even loving partner Clem starting to read his vulnerability as a threat to their ever-distancing Emile, Gabe is forced to choose between becoming the father, the teacher - the man the world expects him to be, or face the consequences of accepting himself for the one he thought he was.