The Teacher

6.2(13)20241h 58m

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A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker.

Director

Farah Nabulsi

Budget

$3.0M

Revenue

$0.1M

How Director Farah Nabulsi Brought 'The Teacher' to Life: A Filmmaker's Journey in Palestine

Featurette

Cast

Saleh Bakri

Basem El-Saleh

Imogen Poots

Lisa

Muhammad Abed Elrahman

Adam

Stanley Townsend

Simon Cohen

Paul Herzberg

Director Lieberman

Mahmood Bakri

Yacoub

Andrea Irvine

Rachel Cohen

Asmaa Azaizeh

Salwa

Ruba Bilal

Huda

Muayyad Abd Elsamad

Abu Tarek

Abd Al Naser Al Sadi

Yusef

Nabil Al Raee

Man at Night

News and articles

Reviews

2 reviews

Brent_Marchant

1y ago

6.0

The myriad challenges of daily living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of Gaza and the West Bank have increasingly become the subject of documentary and narrative features in recent years, chronicling the many hardships local residents face in just getting by. These films have collectively addressed an array of subjects, such as the encroachment of Israeli settlements, capricious residentia...

Geronimo1967

1y ago

7.0

"Adam" (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) and his recently incarcerated brother "Yacoub" (Mahmoud Bakri) are facing the compulsory demolition of their home to facilitate the arrival of new Israeli settlers and an altercation sees the latter lad killed and the former bent of revenge. His teacher "Basem" (Saleh Bakri) and a visiting volunteer "Lisa" (Imogen Poots) try to intervene to stop him doing anything s...