THE COUNTRY TEACHER
by Bohdan Sláma
synopsis
A young teacher with an impressive resume takes a job teaching natural sciences at a village grammar school. He makes acquaintance with a woman and her 17-year old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but that doesn't stop them from forming a friendship. One day, the teacher's ex-boyfriend comes to visit. The ex-boyfriend quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay. He also realizes that the teacher harbors a secret affection for the 17-year old boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that tests the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son.
| international title: | The Country Teacher |
| original title: | Venkovský učitel |
| country: | Czech Republic, Germany, France |
| sales agent: | Wild Bunch |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Bohdan Sláma |
| film run: | 113' |
| release date: | SK 18/09/2008, FR 01/04/2009, PL 19/06/2009, BE 15/07/2009, NL 06/08/2009, DE 27/08/2009 |
| screenplay: | Bohdan Sláma |
| cast: | Pavel Liska, Zuzana Bydzovská, Ladislav Sedivý, Marek Daniel, Tereza Vorísková, Zuzana Krónerová, Miroslav Krobot |
| cinematography by: | Divis Marek |
| film editing: | Jan Danhel |
| art director: | Martin Micka, Václav Novák, Petr Pistek |
| costumes designer: | Zuzana Krejzková |
| music: | Vladimír Godár |
| producer: | Karl Baumgartner, Petr Oukropec, Pavel Strnad, Thanassis Karathanos |
| production: | Negativ Film Productions, Pallas Film GmbH, Why Not Productions |
| distributor: | Asociácia slovenských filmových klubov (ASFK), Memento (FR), Gutek Film (PL), Cinéart (BE), Wild Bunch (NL), Neue Visionen (DE) |
