The Kindergarten Teacher
A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.
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"One of the holy grails of film is openness to varied interpretation. Despite its implied narrative unity, The Kindergarten Teacher (2017)is as open-ended as they come. What appears to be a predictable story of a bored 40-something teacher looking for self-actualisation slowly takes on dark themes of psycho-sexual obsession and acts of criminality. Deep in a marital and career rut, kindergarten teacher Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) craves more than life has offered. Her teenage kids prefer social media than listening to her admonishments and her tolerant husband Grant (Michael Chernus) can..."
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The poems in The Kindergarten Teacher were written by Kaveh Akbar and Ocean Vuong.
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A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.