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Synopsis
In a middle school classroom in Bratislava in 1983, a new teacher, Maria Drazdechova, asks each student to stand up, introduce themselves and tell her what their parents do for a living. It slowly becomes clear that the pupils’ grades are related to how willing their guardians are open to helping her out with her errands, her housecleaning, and other random services. After one of the students attempts suicide, however, the director of the school has no choice but to call for an emergency parents’ meeting to remove the teacher, but because Ms. Drazdechova is also a high-ranking official of the Communist Party, parents are hesitant to sign the petition. In a classroom behind the Iron Curtain, the future of all the families are at stake, as the film examines how each family must wrestle with standing up for what they believe in or silently keeping the status quo.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $15,091 (23.4% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 4.27 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 3.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 5 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $77,433 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,401-13,500) | 13,480 | $64,437 |
| All Time International Box Office (Rank 8,901-9,000) | 8,966 | $1,868,798 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) | 13,104 | $1,933,235 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,201-5,300) | 5,264 | $64,437 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | August 30th, 2017 (Limited) by Film Movement, released as The Teacher |
| International Releases: | July 22nd, 2016 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
July 22nd, 2016 (Wide), released as Učiteľka (Slovakia) April 21st, 2017 (Wide), released as La Profesora (Spain) August 25th, 2017 (Wide), released as Mokytoja (Lithuania) September 1st, 2017 (Wide) (Argentina) ... Show all releases |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 103 minutes |
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| Keywords: | 1980s, Teachers, Bad Teachers, Middle School, Communism, Set in Slovakia, Government Corruption |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Rozhlas a televizia Slovenska, PubRes, Offside Men, Czech Television, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Fund |
| Production Countries: | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Languages: | Slovak |