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The kindergarten teacher = Haganenet

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (WSQ)

Languages

In Hebrew, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2015]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A teacher becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. Nira discovers that her young student Yoav has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, and becomes interested in cultivating the boy's gift, but when fascination morphs into obsession; Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect the purity of his talent.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Special features: Interview with director Nadav Lapid ; "Why?" (2015), a short film by Nadav Lapid ; trailer.

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