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Movie Info

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.

Genre:

drama, comedy
Original Language:

Slovak
Director:

Jan Hrebejk
Producer:

Jan Prusinovský, Ondrej Zima, Tibor Búza, Zuzana Mistríková, Katerina Ondrejková, Lubica Orechovská
Writer:

Petr Jarchovský
Release Date (Theaters):

Aug 30, 2017 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$63.6K
Runtime:

1h 42m
Production Co:

Ceská Televize

Cast & Crew

Zuzana Mauréry
Mária Drazdechová

Csongor Kassai
Kucera

Peter Bebjak
Václav Littmann

Zuzana Konecná
Kucerová

Éva Bandor
Hana Binderová

Oliver Oswald
Filip Binder

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Critic Reviews for The Teacher

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (3)

[An] absorbing Slovak-Czech drama ...

January 19, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Adam Graham
Detroit News
The Teacher brings us an exceptional villain...

December 1, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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.

November 17, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

David Stratton
The Australian
"The Teacher" benefits not only from filmmakers who join a multifaceted understanding of human nature with a fastidious control of technique and style, but also from being set in a particular time and place.

September 1, 2017 | Full Review…

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
There's a Tarkovskian layer of social despair in the web of corruption joining the child and the adult, the bedroom and the nation.

August 31, 2017 | Full Review…

Diego Semerene
Slant Magazine
A little power corrupts absolutely in this caustically clever Slovak-language dramedy from the prolific Czech director-writer team of Jan Hrebejk and Petr Jarchovsky

August 30, 2017 | Full Review…

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

May 1, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Carlos Marañón
Cinemanía (Spain)
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]

May 1, 2018 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…

Hugo Hernández Valdivia
Cinexcepción
The film understands that broken systems persist precisely because their brokenness benefits somebody.

January 13, 2018 | Rating: 3.5 | Full Review…

Kenneth R. Morefield
Christianity Today
There is no doubt that this is a neat and well-crafted feature film, however, it also has its weak points... [Full review in Spanish]

December 29, 2017 | Full Review…

Jaime Fa de Lucas
Culturamas
The Teacher just for once justifies the familiar cry, "Won't someone please think of the children?"

November 27, 2017 | Full Review…

David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
Adelaide Review
The whole film, only 1 hour and 42 minutes, makes its point over and again, and could have been tighter ... That said, the milieu is intriguing, the metaphors at play are clear and enlightening, and Mauréry's performance is absolutely worth catching.

November 22, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

CJ Johnson
Film Mafia