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Drama

The Teacher

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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.

Release Date : 2024-05-16

Language :ArabicEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cocoon FilmsNative Liberty ProductionsPhilistine FilmsMetafora ProductionWild Bunch

Production Country : Palestinian TerritoryQatarUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Saleh Bakri

Character Name : Basem El-Saleh

Original Name : Saleh Bakri

Gender : Male

Imogen Poots

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Imogen Poots

Gender : Female

Muhammad Abed Elrahman

Character Name : Adam

Original Name : Muhammad Abed Elrahman

Gender : Male

Stanley Townsend

Character Name : Simon Cohen

Original Name : Stanley Townsend

Gender : Male

Paul Herzberg

Character Name : Director Lieberman

Original Name : Paul Herzberg

Gender : Male

Mahmood Bakri

Character Name : Yacoub

Original Name : Mahmood Bakri

Gender : Male

Andrea Irvine

Character Name : Rachel Cohen

Original Name : Andrea Irvine

Gender : Female

Asmaa Azaizeh

Character Name : Salwa

Original Name : Asmaa Azaizeh

Gender : Male

Ruba Blal

Character Name : Huda

Original Name : Ruba Blal

Gender : Female

Muayyad Abd Elsamad

Character Name : Abu Tarek

Original Name : Muayyad Abd Elsamad

Gender : Male

Abd Al Naser Al Sadi

Character Name : Yusef

Original Name : Abd Al Naser Al Sadi

Gender : Male

Nabil Al Raee

Character Name : Man at Night

Original Name : Nabil Al Raee

Gender : Male

Shams Azzam

Character Name : Secret Service #1

Original Name : Shams Azzam

Gender : Male

Julia Hamdan

Character Name : Hana

Original Name : Julia Hamdan

Gender : Male

Hanna Ayoub

Character Name : House Demolition Soldier

Original Name : Hanna Ayoub

Gender : Male

Nael Kanj

Character Name : The Settler

Original Name : Nael Kanj

Gender : Male

Einat Weitzman

Character Name : Orit

Original Name : Einat Weitzman

Gender : Male

Jareer Qanadeelo

Character Name : Abu Sameer

Original Name : Jareer Qanadeelo

Gender : Male

Doraid Liddawi

Character Name : Military Judge

Original Name : Doraid Liddawi

Gender : Male

Ous Khader

Character Name : Nader

Original Name : Ous Khader

Gender : Male

Asmahan Abed Elhadi

Character Name : Military Lawyer

Original Name : Asmahan Abed Elhadi

Gender : Male

Donna Hawa

Character Name : Female Soldier

Original Name : Donna Hawa

Gender : Male

Khitam Idlbi

Character Name : Court Judge

Original Name : Khitam Idlbi

Gender : Male

Diaa Mograby

Character Name : Nathaniel

Original Name : Diaa Mograby

Gender : Male

Ameer Klawe

Character Name : Commando Soldier #1

Original Name : Ameer Klawe

Gender : Male

Mhamd Balawni

Character Name : Commando Soldier #2

Original Name : Mhamd Balawni

Gender : Male

Yasmin Hisham Suleiman

Character Name : Bike Girl

Original Name : Yasmin Hisham Suleiman

Gender : Male

Taher Kosa

Character Name : Ibraheem

Original Name : Taher Kosa

Gender : Male

Firas Farrah

Character Name : Cellmate #1

Original Name : Firas Farrah

Gender : Male

Rita Taha

Character Name : Staff Member

Original Name : Rita Taha

Gender : Male

Nicola Zreineh

Character Name : Head Teacher

Original Name : Nicola Zreineh

Gender : Male

Waseem Khair

Character Name : Football Commentator Audio

Original Name : Waseem Khair

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-10-16

"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 stupid, and insist that they follow legal process. Well it's fairly clear that that isn't going to deliver very much, but as the teacher and the volunteer start to become a little more familiar with each other, we also realise it's equally clear that "Basem" is a little more hands-on with the resistance than his public persona might suggest. Indeed, when he becomes actively embroiled in the search for a kidnapped Israeli soldier of American parentage, his relationship with both the audience and the increasingly frustrated youth becomes rather different. It's really quite a touching story, this one. Not in an overly sentimental way, but in a manner that illustrates clearly how people feel when they are wronged and then failed by a judicial system that is institutionally stacked against them. State sponsored indifference and cruelty coupled with a general sense of lawlessness (on both sides) potently fuels generations of hatred and mistrust and here we see just how it readily perpetuates long-held feelings of anger and loathing. The production looks grimly authentic, and both both Poots and Bakri deliver well but it's really the effort from the young Elrahman that stands out. Initially a decent and calming influence on his more impetuous brother, circumstances force him to become something that he might not have otherwise been. Once on that course, is he beyond any restraining from taking a journey down a very black brick road? The inclusion of the searching US parents - mainly Stanley Townsend as the father, serves to remind us that there are two sides to the story and that brutality isn't just a tool reserved for whomsoever might appear the oppressor here, and as the story concludes it does so as it starts, amidst an environment of uncertainty and fear whilst ruins pile up around those whose only real goal is to live in peace amongst the olive groves their families have harvested for centuries. It's a powerful drama that only goes to prove how much easier it is to destroy than to build.