Based on the novel by William Golding. Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when they split into two separate camps - one led by the pragmatic Ralph (James Aubrey) and the other by militaristic Jack (Tom Chapin) - their society falls into disarray. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.