在这部恶魔的游乐场剧情片中,本片根据导演自身的年少成长经验拍成。一九五~年代，位于墨尔本一间天主教学校来了一位俊俏的神父，没人想到在这所神性远超过人性的严苛学校中，正悄悄上演一出惊心动魄的人神战争。本片由导演和澳洲鬼才作家汤玛斯金尼利共同编剧，金尼利不但是「辛德勒的名单」原着，更在本片中亲自出马饰演神父一角，演技广受好评。本片曾入围坎城导演双周单元。
Fred Schepisi's film, 'The Devil's Playground' is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith.
