country teacher
venkovský učitel
A gifted and well-qualified young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country. Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but they quickly form a strong friendship, each recognizing the other’s uncertainties, hopes... a longing for love.
When the teacher's ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay.
And that the teacher harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son to breaking point.
CAST | PAVEL LIŠKA, ZUZANA BYDŽOVSKÁ, LADISLAV ŠEDIVÝ
YEAR OF PRODUCTION | 2008
RUNNING TIME | 120 MIN.
CO-PRODUCERS | NEGATIV, PALLAS FILM, WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS, CZECH TV
