Country Teacher, The

Country Teacher, The

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A poignant and affecting drama about a repressed gay schoolteacher who moves to a Czech farming village and befriends a lonely widow and her teenage son. An original and very memorable score by Vladimír Godár brings an unusual and graceful mood to the film.

DVD Features

Short Film: Peter And Ben

Information

  • Director: Bohdan Slama
  • Writer: Bohdan Slama
  • Length: 1 hrs. 53 mins.
  • Rating: NR
  • Released: Sep 08 2009
  • TLA SKU: 1454036
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC Code: 616892989721
  • Catalog #: DV2812432

Reviews

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3 Reviews for Country Teacher, The

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Review by Raymond Murray

By: Raymond Murray
In-House Review - Jun 23 2009
A lonely, closeted city teacher escapes to the Czech countryside in search of a new life in this tender, poignant drama. Dark-haired, bespectacled and painfully shy, young natural sciences teacher Petr (Pavel Li?ka) inexplicably leaves a prestigious ... Read More
4.00 out of 5

Review by JANORM

By: JANORM
This a truly remarkable film of a young teacher that tries to escape his past, only to have it catch up to himself of what his true nature is. The audience is taken on this very personal journey which is so totally involved with the main charatcter,... Read More
4.00 out of 5

Review by Amos Lassen

By: Amos Lassen
"The Country Teacher" ("Venkovsky uticel")
Coming-Out as a Teacher
Amos Lassen
A rural Czech outpost gets a new teacher for the elementary school. He is lonely and closeted and searching for a new life. Petr is shy and young and for wh... Read More

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