Title: The Kindergarten Teacher
Original Title: The Kindergarten Teacher
Year: 2018
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 99 Minutes (1 hour 39 min)
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: Pie Films
- Distributor: La Aventura Audiovisual
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: March 08 2019
- United States: October 12 2018
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Plot
Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) works as a kindergarten teacher in a school in Staten Island, the burough of boroughs of New York City. Her life passes within the everydayness and boredom until one day she realizes one of her little pupils, Jimmy Roy (Parker Sevak), turns out to be a poetry portent. Since that moment, Lisa will not saparate from Jimmy, encouraging him and making sure the child makes the most of his talent. But there's a time her hard work will become an obsession and her methods will be very debatable.
This is a new version of 2014 Naday Lapid's film and her director was awarded with the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award in Sundance 2018. The cast is completed with Rosa Salazar ('El corredor del laberinto: La cura mortal') y Gael García Bernal ('Coco').
Cast
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Videos
'The Kindergarten Teacher' (2018) trailer
April 11 2019
Photos
Trivia
Remake
The film is a remake of the 2014 Israeli 'The Kindergarten Teacher'.
Poetry
The poems in 'The Kindergarten Teacher' were written by Kaveh Akbar and Ocean Vuong, two well-known poets.
Awarded
This film was awarded with the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award in Sundance 2018.
Soundtrack from 'The Kindergarten Teacher'
The Carnival of the Animals No. 13 'The Swan'
Compuesta por
Camille Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals No. 6 'Kangaroos'
Compuesta por
Camille Saint-Saëns
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 1
Compuesta por
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-minor
Compuesta por
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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