The Teacher

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The Teacher

Released Aug 30, 2017

1h 42m

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Drama

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A middle school teacher manipulates her student's parents into doing favors for her in exchange for previews of test questions and good grades for their children.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

[An] absorbing Slovak-Czech drama ...

Rated: B

Jan 19, 2018

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

The Teacher brings us an exceptional villain...

Rated: 4/5

Dec 1, 2017

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David Stratton

The Australian

Maurery, who won the best actress award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic last year, is impressive as the thoroughly nasty Mrs D.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 17, 2017

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

... built on the reflection of abuse of political power in life's smallest details. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

May 1, 2018

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Hugo Hernández Valdivia

Cinexcepción

The Professor has the virtue of showing how capable humans are to adapt in order to survive especially after disgrace. The film is a commentary on how the system doesn't really change. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 7.5/10

May 1, 2018

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Kenneth R. Morefield

Christianity Today

The film understands that broken systems persist precisely because their brokenness benefits somebody.

Rated: 3.5

Jan 13, 2018

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Alain E

An excellent satire about the Chech version of MAGA. I was reading in the Guardian earlier about the English woman who was detained for three weeks by ICE because she accepted hospitality in exchange for housekeeping and when she was finally let go they took her to the airport in handcuffs and shackles and performed a good bye detailed body search. We have better stocked grocery stores but Stasi has nothing to teach us.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/07/25

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Audience Member

O niekontrolowanej władzy nad innymi, w mniejszej, ale bardzo ważnej skali

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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A story about injustice, and how we react when it appears.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Csongor Kassai

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Synopsis

A middle school teacher manipulates her student's parents into doing favors for her in exchange for previews of test questions and good grades for their children.

Director: Jan Hrebejk
Producer: Jan Prusinovský, Ondrej Zima, Tibor Búza, Zuzana Mistríková, Katerina Ondrejková, Lubica Orechovská
Screenwriter: Petr Jarchovský
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Ceská Televize
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Slovak
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.6K
Runtime: 1h 42m

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