Set in the early 1950s, Indignation is a gripping drama that follows Marcus Messner, a brilliant and idealistic Jewish teenager from Newark, New Jersey, who escapes his overbearing father's kosher butcher shop by enrolling at a small, conservative Ohio college. Played by Logan Lerman, Marcus is a studious and principled young man determined to carve his own path, but he soon finds himself in a stifling environment rife with rigid rules, anti-Semitism, and social conformity. His desire for intellectual and personal freedom clashes with the school's authoritarian dean, a formidable figure portrayed by Tracy Letts, leading to a series of tense confrontations. Amidst this pressure, Marcus finds a tentative romance with a beautiful and troubled classmate, Olivia Hutton, played by Sarah Gadon, whose own complex past further complicates his quest for autonomy. Directed by James Schamus, the film masterfully builds a suffocating atmosphere of repression and simmering rebellion, exploring themes of faith, desire, and the high cost of defiance. As Marcus's world closes in, his fierce indignation becomes both his defining trait and his potential undoing in this powerful coming-of-age story.