The Kindergarten Teacher (Haganenet)

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The Kindergarten Teacher's crypticness can needlessly feel like homework, but Nadav Lapid's provocative direction and committed performances give this tale of mentorship and possession a disquieting sting.

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In a world that does not appreciate artists, where sensitive souls don't stand a chance, a poetry-loving kindergarten teacher discovers a child poet and decides to take it upon herself to nurture him. To save his greatness from the world, to salvage him from the banal, the mediocre and the crude - to save him from life itself. It is the story of a female Don Quixote, who strives to save the world through the poetry of a child, and of a pensive child who has no desire to be saved.
  • Rating:
    NR
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Directed By:
    Nadav Lapid
  • Written By:
    Nadav Lapid
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  • Studio:
    Kino Lorber Films

Cast

Sarit Larry
as Nira
Avi Shnaidman
as Yoav
Ester Rada
as Miri
Lior Raz
as Nira's Husband
Yehezkel Lazarov
as Amnon
Esther Rada
as Miri, the Babysitter
Dan Toren
as Aharon Pollak
Avishag Kahalani
as Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
Hamuchtar
as The Poetry Teacher
Guy Oren
as Assi
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Audience Reviews for The Kindergarten Teacher (Haganenet)

  • Sep 18, 2015
    By night, Nira(Sarit Larry) attends a creative writing group. By day, she is a kindergarten teacher. One of her charges is five year old Yoav(Avi Shnaidman) who displays a prodigious talent at poetry which Nira talks about with Yoav's nanny Miri(Ester Rada) who also wants to be an actress. Aside from pointing out that there is nothing more dangerous than a failed intellectual(which is a better explanation for Nira's actions than simple empty nest syndrome), "The Kindergarten Teacher" also has quite a few things to say about the class structure in Israel. Writer-director Napav Lapid then takes those expectations and subverts them neatly throughout, even though he has a tendency to rely on extreme close-ups a bit too much.
    Walter M Super Reviewer
  • Jul 21, 2015
    It has a curious premise, like a modern version of Amadeus (only with poetry, an unappreciated art form in our days, in lieu of music), following a madly obsessed woman who exploits a poor child to whom the gift of art comes so easy, but the film drags and feels a bit repetitive at times.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
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