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The Teachers' Lounge

2023 · 98 min

A taut, claustrophobic moral thriller that traps you in a school's escalating crisis, making you squirm with each principled misstep.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • morality
  • power
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
İlker Çatak
Written by
Johannes Duncker, İlker Çatak
Starring
Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, Rafael Stachowiak, Sarah Bauerett, Kathrin Wehlisch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich
Music
Marvin Miller
Cinematography
Judith Kaufmann
Runtime
98 min
Country
Germany
Languages
English, German, Polish, Turkish

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