The Teacher

Name: The Teacher
Genre: Drama
Released: April 11, 2025
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 62

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Watermelon Pictures | Release Date: April 11, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker (Imogen Poots).

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Tara Brady

Jan 25, 2025

The parallel father-and-son storylines may feel a bit too tidy, but Nabulsi’s film is powered along by terrific performances and palpable fury. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Oct 21, 2024

Moments when the characters’ actions and dialogue drive home this reality of Israel’s apartheid state are where The Teacher truly shines. Read full review

Steve Pond

Oct 21, 2024

Ground zero here – for the characters, for the nations, for the filmmaker – is futility. Nabulsi drops us on that ground and doesn’t let us pretend it’s anything else. Read full review

Grace Dodd

Oct 17, 2024

Gripping and full of tension, The Teacher not only makes for a wonderful cinematic experience, but poses some all-important questions the wider world has seemingly avoided answering for too long. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Oct 21, 2024

The film simmers with rage at the cruelty of one nation toward another, although the plotting grows increasingly convoluted, undermining the story’s righteous anger. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 17, 2024

Nabulsi hits the dramatic beats with confidence and Bakri has genuine distinction; his sensitivity and intelligence command every scene. Read full review

IndieWire Wilson Chapman

Oct 21, 2024

The movie struggles to translate its noble aims to compelling drama, with any audience investment merely being a byproduct of the inherently high stakes. Read full review

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