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AKA: Venkovský Ucitel
Directed by: Bohdan Sláma
Starring: Pavel Liška (Teacher), Zuzana Bydzovská (Marie), Ladislav Sedivý (Boy), Tereza Voříšková (Girl), Marek Daniel (Boyfriend)
Country: Czech Republic; Effed Up European Movies
Language: Czech; Czech-Slovakian Films
Runtime: 02:01:15
Genres: Family, Gay, Old-Young Relationships, Animals
Plot – Spoilers:
How easy is it to fuck up all the good you’ve done, through one big mistake? And how much atonement is sufficient to earn forgiveness?
A young Czech teacher moves to the country to take up a teaching position that he is clearly overqualified for. The rustic folk there soon take to his polite underwhelming presence, and he too feels mostly welcomed and respected. But there is a wariness he lugs around, as he struggles to hide his homosexuality.
A farmer widow is attracted to his helpful nature and despite him rejecting her overtures, appreciates him for taking time out to help her dull teenage boy. The boy feels stupid, in his own words, around his city-girlfriend who often drops by to visit her grandmother and who seems to look at him merely as a vacation-diversion.
The Country Teacher encapsulates the style and class of modern Czech cinema and captures peasant realism like in a couple of scenes that feature the delivery of a calf, one of which is stillborn. You might also recall the lead actor, Pavel Liška, from Lunacy.
Massive Spoilers:
You could argue that the teacher’s concern for the boy was mostly because he was always in love with him. But this goes against his general demeanor towards everyone else. Perhaps it’s more likely that he just fucked up once. The scene where he molests the boy is tense and you wouldn’t be alone if you paused it midway, muttering out aloud, “Don’t do it man.”
Ok, it’s a good film. There is the moment in the film when everyone says “What the fuck were you thinking?” NGL…I thought I was going to nod off a couple of times, especially during the math lesson. As far as being “effed up” I’m not sure, but it’s a decent film. I’ll go 3 stars on this one.
What would have made it more effed up is if, after the teacher molested him by touching his prick, Lada’s curiosity gets the better of him and he gets turned out in Prague and becomes a twink dancing nude at a transsexual go-go bar. This would have been far removed from the director’s original vision but it would have been effed up big time.
i enjoyed this a lot
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Beautiful film and acting
Made a recognizable plot a captivating journey in which you feel for everyone and become invested in their respective progressions- very glad I got to experience this artwork- thank you EUM
“How easy is it to fuck up all the good you’ve done, through one big mistake? And how much atonement is sufficient to earn forgiveness?” made me think of a wonderful Norwegian movie called Troubled Water
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