Post by mikef6 on Feb 2, 2019 21:53:35 GMT
Učitelka (The Teacher) / Jan Hřebejk (2016). Slovakia / Czech Republic. In 1983 during Soviet Union rule in Bratislavia, a new teacher arrives in town. Miss Drazdechová (Zuzana Mauréry) is not just a teacher, though. She is the local head of the Communist Party. With an always friendly attitude, she begins demanding favors from the parents of her students ranging from smuggling to repair of her appliances to the children doing her housework. If the parents comply, their children get good grades, If not, the parents begin to fear that the teacher’s retaliation will affect their child’s future. Seriously, Miss Drazdechová reminded me a lot of Dolores Umbridge. What you will take away from this film is Zuzana Mauréry’s performance which has won or been nominated for regional awards. Director Jan Hřebejk’s previous film “Musime Si Pomahat” (Divided We Fall) is on my best of the year list for 2000.
The Teacher
L'atelie (The Workshop) / Laurent Cantet (2017). France. In a French sea side town, well known author Olivia Dejazet (Marina Foïs) holds a workshop for young aspiring authors. They decide to co-write a thriller. After struggling to come up with a plot involving the town’s history as a busy port, one of the young men, Antoine (Matthieu Lucci) reads them a disturbing story he had written about a mass murder told coldly from the shooter’s viewpoint. Both students and teacher are freaked but Olivia takes an interest in Antoine and tries to understand just what he is about. There is a slow build but a suspenseful payoff and satisfying ending.
The Teacher
L'atelie (The Workshop) / Laurent Cantet (2017). France. In a French sea side town, well known author Olivia Dejazet (Marina Foïs) holds a workshop for young aspiring authors. They decide to co-write a thriller. After struggling to come up with a plot involving the town’s history as a busy port, one of the young men, Antoine (Matthieu Lucci) reads them a disturbing story he had written about a mass murder told coldly from the shooter’s viewpoint. Both students and teacher are freaked but Olivia takes an interest in Antoine and tries to understand just what he is about. There is a slow build but a suspenseful payoff and satisfying ending.