The Teachers' Lounge

Carmel International Competition

"Lessons Are Taught and Taut in a Gripping Classroom-Ethics Thriller"

VARIETY
  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: İlker Çatak
  • Germany 2023
  • 98 minutes
  • German, Turkish, Polish, English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, Carla decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

The Teachers' Lounge was critically acclaimed upon its world premiere at this year's Berlin Film Festival, drawing universal praise for Leonie Benesch's lead performance and winning two awards.

Filmography: Stambul Garden (2021), I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019).

1.10 Screening in the presence of the actress

 

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  • Director İlker Çatak
  • Production Ingo Fliess
  • Script Johannes Duncker, İlker Çatak
  • Cinematography Judith Kaufmann
  • Editing Gesa Jäger
  • Music Marvin Miller
  • Festivals Berlin (Label Europa Cinemas Award, CICAE Award)
  • Actors Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Kathrin Wehlisch, Sarah Bauerett, Rafael Stachowiak, Uygar Tamer, Özgür Karadeniz
  • Source New Cinema