In 17th-century Sweden, a 16-year-old girl is accused of witchcraft and must navigate a closed society filled with betrayal, obsession, and jealousy. As she stands trial for her life, she finds herself at the center of a twisted triangle drama involving a powerful priest and a lustful rapist. Will she be able to prove her innocence and escape the horrors of execution?
The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives in the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles desperately to stay on and makes friends with Hasselbond’s oppressed son, Gustaf, but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.
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