The Teachers' Lounge

PG-13

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1 hr. 34 min.

Drama

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Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

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A smart and provocative modern parable with the heart of a thriller, The Teachers' Lounge brilliantly uses its setting as the backdrop for a look at how quickly even tight-knit communities can be destabilized.

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tony

I gave it a chance. no good. almost walked ou

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Sally S

Loved this movie. Fabulous

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/24

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Rory

pretty good movie but left you with some unanswered questions.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Mr. Hollywood

Was a good film but man did they cop out with the ending. Its an easy cop out and unfair to the audience. Tired of these endings where directors cop out saying well it so to the audience to decide. No you are too lazy or too scared hence why you didnt end it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/24

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Joseph S

Loved the pace, story and length. A late 2023 favorite

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

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Kathy

I really liked this film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

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Ilker Çatak

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Leonie Benesch

Carla Nowak

Leonard Stettnisch

Oskar

Eva Löbau

Friederike Kuhn

Michael Klammer

Thomas Liebenwerda

Anne-Kathrin Gummich

Dr. Bettina Böhm

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Mark Kermode

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It's incredibly tense... it almost has a Hitchcockian edge.

Apr 24, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Benesch is superb, her face a glazed mask of panic as the shockwaves resulting from her actions shake the very foundations of the school.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 15, 2024

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

Çatak resists neat answers, and Benesch anchors the film with a performance of contained subtlety.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 12, 2024

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Simon Miraudo

Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1)

Just the right dash of dark humour throughout this allegory of shifting power structures in a school's microcosmic society.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 26, 2024

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

A quagmire of cross-purposes inside a school is an unsettling lesson in the tenuousness of the structures we build to protect ourselves.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 25, 2024

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

This is no easy watch – the multiple tensions at work here see to that – but you won’t be forgetting any of it in a hurry.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 24, 2024

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Synopsis

Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

Director: Ilker Çatak
Screenwriter: Ilker Çatak, Johannes Duncker
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: if... Productions, Arte, ZDF
Rating: PG-13 (Some Strong Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $626.4K

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