Wednesday, 11 October 2017

The Teacher (2016) - 102 min

Country: Slovakia
Director: Jan Hřebejk
Cast: Zuzana Mauréry, Csongor Kassai, Ladislav Hrusovsky & Zuzana Konečná.
Two time periods - First one shows 1983 school year in which a new teacher introduces herself and ask each student about their parents' job. Second story starts in 1984, a secret meeting between the school's headmaster and students' parents. Something horrible happened during that time span and each family must decide what to do next.
While watching some particular movies, you feel like kicking the characters face. Mainly because of two reasons, one due to the awful performance of actor or the immense hate towards the character behavior. This film comes in the second category of character behavior. Like a puzzle box, the story unfolds slowly and keeps you in the script to know what actually happened. Maurery portraits the character of Mrs Drazdechova brilliantly. Overall, the theme maybe old, but how it's being presented matters here most.
Verdict: Good

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