When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actio... Read allWhen one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 21 nominations total
Oskar Zickur
- Lukas
- (as Okar Mats Zickur)
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- TriviaOfficial submission of Germany for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
- GoofsDuring the movie, it is never shown or said that anyone watched the entire video to check if a second person had touched the wallet. Everything shown suggests otherwise. It is therefore not proven that the suspected person is the real thief (she was perhaps just an indelicate person who only wanted to look at something, and then wanted to protect a fragile person who later have committed the theft). This while the movie argues several times about the concept of proof...
- SoundtracksOuvertüre - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
BMG Production Music
Featured review
A intense yet fascinating and frustrating character study
Modern German cinema haven't been on my radar as while there are a few good German flicks coming around time to time, I haven't been fully wowed by them for some time. I had no idea what to expect going into this movie but this movie was frustrating but in a good way.
It's an interesting character study that explores themes of racial profiling, unauthorized searches, and the school system. Throughout, the camerawork use of 4:3 lens felt purposeful to surround the settings and tone and the direction is pretty strong. The directing, setting, sound designs and pacing help to capture the uncomfortable and intense atmosphere that is being surrounded around the environment and within the characters and the movie does a really good work on capturing the essence.
The characters can be frustrating and unlikeable to an extent but instead of being unbearable, the portrayal of the unlikeable and frustrating characters felt purposeful because of the themes and writing concepts that were explored. Not often where movies are able to have many characters unlikeable, yet, managed to still be emotionally investing and engaging. All of the performances are amazing especially the lead performance from Leonie Benesch as Benesch is absolutely amazing. Even the child actors are great as well.
Many of the social dynamics were well-explored within the simple setting, the pacing is great, and there are some good dialogue moments that genuinely helps to build the intense situations and realism it portrays. There are a few issues I had with the movie which is that I felt certain dialogue moments from the child performances felt a little too fake or staged and there are certain choices I thought could have been approached differently.
Overall, a fascinating and frustrating movie.
It's an interesting character study that explores themes of racial profiling, unauthorized searches, and the school system. Throughout, the camerawork use of 4:3 lens felt purposeful to surround the settings and tone and the direction is pretty strong. The directing, setting, sound designs and pacing help to capture the uncomfortable and intense atmosphere that is being surrounded around the environment and within the characters and the movie does a really good work on capturing the essence.
The characters can be frustrating and unlikeable to an extent but instead of being unbearable, the portrayal of the unlikeable and frustrating characters felt purposeful because of the themes and writing concepts that were explored. Not often where movies are able to have many characters unlikeable, yet, managed to still be emotionally investing and engaging. All of the performances are amazing especially the lead performance from Leonie Benesch as Benesch is absolutely amazing. Even the child actors are great as well.
Many of the social dynamics were well-explored within the simple setting, the pacing is great, and there are some good dialogue moments that genuinely helps to build the intense situations and realism it portrays. There are a few issues I had with the movie which is that I felt certain dialogue moments from the child performances felt a little too fake or staged and there are certain choices I thought could have been approached differently.
Overall, a fascinating and frustrating movie.
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- Nov 28, 2023
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- Also known as
- El salón de profesores
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $628,218
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,611
- Dec 31, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $5,599,682
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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