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The Teacher

Ucitelka (Učiteľka)

2016

Jan Hrebejk

Zuzana Mauréry, Zuzana Konecná, Csongor Kassai, Tamara Fischer ...

6.5

1,624

Drama On the outskirts of 1983 Bratislava, in the waning years of Communist rule, soft-spoken widow and well-connected schoolteacher Comrade Mária Drazdechová arrives at her new class of unsuspecting students. With her little black leather notebook crammed with useful information about her pupils' parents' employment status, Mária, the unscrupulous instructor with the permanent smile, weaves an intricate network of corruption and uncommon ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Though somewhat slow out of the starting blocks, this finally caustic drama (...) accumulates power and insight as it builds over the course of a tense parents-teachers conference, punctuated with the necessary flashbacks."	POS
United States	Alissa Simon Variety	"[A] compelling Slovak-language dramedy (...) As usual, Hrebejk’s direction is smooth and the ensemble performances top-notch."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A communist satire that’s more fun than it sounds"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"'The Teacher' addresses timeless moral dilemmas which exist, regardless of any political regime"	POS
United States	Leah Pickett Chicago Reader	"Though flecked with dark humor, the film is a chilling reminder of what people can get away with, and what can become normal, if one consents to an oppressive system."	POS

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