Oscar® nominated director Jan Hřebejk’s dark comedy is presented at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
The Teacher, from the Oscar®-nominated director Jan Hřebejk, opens the new season of the Aventura Foreign Film Series at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center on Tuesday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Loosely inspired by true events, this dark comedy is about an elementary school teacher who uses her students to manipulate their parents for her own gain. Set in a middle school classroom behind the Iron Curtain in 1983 Bratislava, the families of the students must wrestle with standing up for what they believe in or keep silent when a new teacher’s corrupted behavior and high connections within the Communist Party lead everyone to feel threatened.
Nominated for an Academy Award® for his direction of Divided We Fall, Hřebejk also directed the acclaimed Kawasaki’s Rose. The Teacher was shown as an official selection at the Chicago International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival, among others, while Zuzana Mauréry was named Best Actress at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic. Rated R, The Teacher is shown in Slovak with English subtitles.
Variety called The Teacher, “[An] intelligent and universally resonant crowd-pleaser.”
Shelly Isaacs, founder/programmer and commentator for South Florida’s popular Café Cinematheque International programs, once again hosts the series by introducing the films and leading post-screening discussions. Isaacs holds an master’s degree in Media Ecology Studies from New York University, where he served as an adjunct professor in cultural studies. Presently, he teaches foreign-language film appreciation in the Life Long Learning Society at Florida Atlantic University and at Florida International University. He is the film expert for Celebrity Cruise Lines during their annual voyage to the Cannes International Film Festival as well as on other scheduled film-related cruises throughout the world.
The Aventura Film Series will continue with A Kid (Nov. 7), Frantz (Dec. 5), To Life! (Dec. 26), The Country Doctor (Jan. 30), The People vs. Fritz Bauer (March 6) Graduation (April 3) and Like Crazy (May 1).
Tickets are $12 and the auditorium opens for seating 30 minutes prior to the start time.
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The Teacher is fantastic, I have a story about my teacher in boarding school in Switzerland and she woukd know what I am referring to something that happened between two consulting adults, just I was not unfortunately and just a young boy , and know one ever asks me about it .