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Prep School is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Sean Nichols Lynch. The film is set at St. Eligius, a fictional prep school located in the San Francisco Bay Area and stars Carly Schroeder.

The film premiered at the 2015 Studio City International Film Festival, where it won four awards, including Best Dramatic Feature. It was released on July 5, 2016, by Gravitas Ventures.

Plot
Following a victory for their rugby team, St. Eligius Prep teammates Tom (Lambert), Caleb (Bellamy), Tony (Scott), Greg (Brookins) decide to visit Greg's girlfriend Kyra (Schroeder) at her dorm room. When they arrive at Kyra’s dorm, Greg is horrified to find her having sex with another student, Derek. Greg seems to have a complete meltdown going on to ditch his classes, rugby practice, and even the company of his friends.

The next week at school, attitudes differ in reaction to Greg’s meltdown. With the final big game of the rugby season approaching and the abrasive Coach Winters (Finlay-McLennan) on the warpath, Tony thinks Greg should suck it up and get back to practice. Caleb seems to believe his teammate was truly wronged and plots to get back at Kyra. Tom attempts to defuse the situation by appealing to Greg personally, to no avail. Despite winning their final game of the season, Tony remains adamant that Greg should be punished and vandalizes the door to Greg’s dorm room.

At a house party in San Francisco, Caleb introduces himself to Kyra and playfully flirts with her. Later on campus, Caleb stumbles upon a rally being hosted by Kyra's secular pro-life club. Caleb slowly gains Kyra’s trust, studying with her on the weekends at her dorm room. It is during this time that he finds placebos that looks similar to Kyra's birth control pills and uses his artistic prowess to create an exact replica, which he swaps for the real pills during a study session. The trap is set as Kyra continues her relationship with Derek while taking the phony pills.

Tom continues to deal with the disturbing behavior of his friends by staying on the sidelines, burying himself in a final paper assigned by his English teacher, Dr. Swanson (Rohner). Tom is referred to the dean of the school, Dr. Brooks, for help on the essay. Brooks sees promise in the young writer and suggests that Tom should craft the final paper around his own experiences.

Meanwhile, Tony and several of his former teammates stake out the campus health center and corner Greg while he’s leaving his therapy session, viciously beating him. There are no witnesses to the crime, but Tom knows that Tony is responsible. Tom confronts Tony in the quad, and they get into a heated argument which breaks out into a fist fight. Dr. Brooks, who suspects both of them of being involved with Greg’s beating, says that he will not hesitate to expel them if they act out again.

Tom visits Greg in the hospital. He refuses to name Tony as his attacker, but after being pressed by Tom, he reveals the truth: he lied about dating Kyra to gain acceptance from the team. Tom calls Caleb to tell him what he has learned, but is unable to reach him.

A distraught Kyra invites Caleb over and reveals to him that she is pregnant with Derek’s child. In response, Caleb subjects her to severe emotional abuse as he reveals that he intentionally sabotaged her birth control to teach her a lesson. Kyra is left in confusion and anguish as Caleb exits her room.

Tom finally gets a hold of Caleb and tell him the truth about Greg and Kyra's relationship. Caleb breaks out into cruel laughter and makes cryptic comments about Kyra, prompting Tom to rush back to campus. Once there, he kicks in the door to Kyra's room and finds that she has attempted to kill herself with sleeping pills. His intervention saves her life, but he dodges questions about the incident and returns to his dorm room, ripping up his final essay and beginning to write a new one.

Tom gives an oral presentation of his new paper the next day, accusing Tony and Caleb of attempting to murder Greg and Kyra. The paper causes an uproar and results in Tom flunking the class. At the St. Eligius graduation, Caleb and Tony happily receive diplomas from Dr. Brooks. Tom, who is not allowed to graduate as consequence for failing English, watches the procession from behind the fence, still wearing his St. Eligius uniform. In the final frames of the film, he ambiguously looks to camera.

Cast

 * Carly Schroeder as Kyra
 * Taylor Lambert as Tom
 * Ben Bellamy as Caleb
 * Austin Scott as Tony
 * Stephen Brookins as Greg
 * Lewis Sims as Dr. Brooks
 * Clayton Rohner as Dr. Swanson
 * Stewart Finlay-McLennan as Coach Winters

Release
The film was picked up for distribution by Gravitas Ventures and released on July 5, 2016.