The Kindergarten Teacher [efilm]
2020
Streaming Video
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. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**, **Toronto International Film Festival**, and **BFI London Film Festival**.
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Author:
Colangelo, Sara, film directorBlankson-Wood, Ato, actorGarcía Bernal, Gael, 1978-, actorGyllenhaal, Maggie, actorMadman Entertainment (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Work:
Imprint:
Madman Entertainment, 2018.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Madman Entertainment in 2018.In English
Performers:
Ato Blankson-Wood, Gael García Bernal, Maggie Gyllenhaal
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
656862
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