| Uniform Title |
Kindergarten teacher (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
The kindergarten teacher. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2018. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (97 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : MMA6394. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018. |
| Based on the 2014 Israeli film of the same name. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Sara Colangelo. |
| Performers |
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal, Parker Sevak. |
| Summary |
Stuck in an unsatisfying marriage and with teenage children who ignore her, 40-year-old Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) treads water by teaching kindergarten with quiet dispassion. One day everything changes when Lisa discovers that Jimmy, a five-year-old boy in her class, may be a gifted poet and sees him as a ticket out of her mundane life. When Lisa presents some of Jimmy's work at her poetry class as her own work, and receives praise from her teacher (Gael García Bernal), her desire to mentor the child genius grows. As fascination turns into obsession, Lisa spirals downward on a dangerous and desperate path to channel her unfulfilled creative dreams into the protégée. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1/2.0, PAL, Region 4, anamorphic widescreen 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles in English. |
| Awards note |
Winner best dramatic director, Sara Colangelo, Sundance Film Festival. |
| Subjects |
Teachers -- Drama |
| Poets -- Drama |
| Gifted children -- Drama |
| Teacher-student relationships -- Drama |
| Married women -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Melodramas (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Colangelo, Sara director, screenwriter. |
| Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977- actor. |
| García Bernal, Gael, 1978- actor. |
| Sevak, Parker actor. |
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