Poster of the film The Teacher

The Teacher

Drama Arabic


A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker.

Cast:Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Stanley Townsend, Paul Herzberg, Mahmood Bakri, Andrea Irvine, Asmaa Azaizeh, Ruba Blal, Muayyad Abd Elsamad, Abd Al Naser Al Sadi
Director:Farah Nabulsi
Writer:Farah Nabulsi
Editor:Mike Pike
Camera:Gilles Porte

Guild Reviews

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An honest portrayal of dehumanising oppression in Palestine

Fox in morning light

S. R. Praveen | The Hindu

Tue, December 17 2024

A house, lived in for years, bulldozed by the Israeli military in front of its inhabitants, leaving behind a pile of tangible memories under the rubble. A youth resisting the burning down of an Olive orchard shot down by a settler with practised ease and nonchalance, just as if it were the most normal thing to do. Soldiers violently barging into every single home in a village in search of an Israeli military man who was abducted.

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