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CINEMONDO: The Country Teacher (Clip)

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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CINEMONDO: The Country Teacher
Category: World Cinema
Regions: Europe

Airdates

Timezone: P M C E 
Sunday, May 27th 
03:30 am 
Sunday, May 27th 
12:00 pm 

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.

When the teacher's ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay and harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son to a breaking point. A beautifully shot, powerfully acted, profoundly moving story of desire, responsibility, forgiveness and the need to belong, from the internationally-acclaimed director of Something Like Happiness and Wild Bees.

 

"Mr. Liska’s deep, quiet performance in the movie...and the film’s portrayal of farm life as a rugged pastorale lends “The Country Teacher” a foundation of visceral truth." - Stephen Holdern, New York Times

"A great story of love, friendship and forgiveness." - Vincent Musetto, New York Post

 

KenG  

Film review of The Country Teacher

(By KenG - 2/10/11) When I found out I’d be screening a film with a gay man as the protagonist, I was both apprehensive and curious. I’ve seen too many films where a leading gay character has to die or suffer some miserable fate as a necessary part of the story’s narrative (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, A SINGLE MAN). However, as a gay man myself, I was curious about gay life in eastern Europe, particularly in a non-urban setting...(read more)

 

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Link TV's CINEMONDO is a nationally broadcast, ground-breaking world cinema series. CINEMONDO brings international cinema with great artistic, cultural and political value to the living rooms of Link TV’s American audiences.

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