FFGR
A COUNTRY TEACHER
Czech Republic, Germany, France 2008 120 35mm Color
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Film description
A young teacher with an impressive resume takes a job teaching natural sciences at a village grammar school. He becomes friends with a woman and her 17-year-old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but that doesn’t stop them from forming a friendship. One day, the teacher’s ex-boyfriend comes to visit. The ex-boyfriend quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay. He also realizes that the teacher harbors a secret affection for the 17-year-old boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that tests the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son.
i There are no scheduled screenings.
