The Teacher [12A]

about this film

The parallel struggles of a Palestinian schoolteacher lost in grief and an American couple fighting to reclaim their son propel British Farah Nabulsi’s gripping, award-winning feature debut. 
Devastated by loss, Basem El-Saleh (Saleh Bakri) becomes entangled in the lives of two of his students after their home is bulldozed without warning, growing closer to a British volunteer (Imogen Poots) as he tries to help them. Meanwhile, an American diplomat and his wife beg for the return of their son, held hostage by a Palestinian resistance group. Frustrated by the lack of progress, their search moves with full force into Basem’s neighbourhood. 
Set and shot – with difficulty – in occupied territory, The Teacher is the feature debut of Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi. Inspired by true events and led by a commanding and wounded performance from Bakri, it’s a passionate and eye-opening drama about a region currently in desperate crisis. 

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