Featured CINEMONDO Film: "The Country Teacher"
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CINEMONDO: The Country Teacher (Clip)

A gifted young teacher takes a job at a grammar school in the country. Here he forms a bond with a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. But when the teacher's ex-boyfriend visits, jealousy sets in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength of everyone involved.

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In The Country Teacher, a gifted and well-qualified young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country. Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but they quickly form a strong friendship, each recognizing the other's uncertainties, hopes and longing for love.

World Cinema BlogFilm Review: The Country Teacher

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Director: Bohdan Slama

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