Review of A Teacher (2013) by Zaccario — 19 Jan 2015

I'm not certain what, exactly, many of the critics are expecting to find in this movie. It is a truly unique film. It's not a bad thing or an oversight that the movie begins abruptly without any explanation of how this parent/teacher relationship started.

In life we usually don't witness the beginnings of any relationship, and I believe in this way, and multiple other ways, the movie was crafted very artfully. The profundity and volume of the music explained without words the the increasing intensity of the psychological impact of the relationship, without any obvious moral statements, a rather refreshing change for the American movie scene.

Perhaps in this sense the movie had a very European flavor. The acting, the frequent periods of silence, the music and, yes, even the seeming abruptness of the end (an obvious correlation with the beginning of the movie) made this film both unique and enthralling.

There was absolutely nothing boring about this movie.