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The Teacher

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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 01/19/2018
B
[An] absorbing Slovak-Czech drama ... Go to Full Review Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 12/01/2017
4/5
The Teacher brings us an exceptional villain... Go to Full Review David Stratton The Australian 11/17/2017
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) 05/01/2018
3.5/5
... built on the reflection of abuse of political power in life's smallest details. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Hugo Hernández Valdivia Cinexcepción 05/01/2018
7.5/10
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] Go to Full Review Kenneth R. Morefield Christianity Today 01/13/2018
3.5
The film understands that broken systems persist precisely because their brokenness benefits somebody. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Alain E @AlainE 04/07/2025 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. See more Krzysztof P @RT62723140 02/08/2022 O niekontrolowanej władzy nad innymi, w mniejszej, ale bardzo ważnej skali See more Emilio T @MilloTPue 09/14/2019 A story about injustice, and how we react when it appears. See more 08/03/2017 La profesora [2016] See more Read all reviews
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Jan Hrebejk

Director

Zuzana Mauréry

Mária Drazdechová

Csongor Kassai

Kucera

Peter Bebjak

Václav Littmann

Zuzana Konecná

Kucerová

Éva Bandor

Hana Binderová

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Movie Info

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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