A Teacher
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| Directed by | Hannah Fidell |
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| Written by | Hannah Fidell |
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| Music by | Brian McOmber |
| Cinematography | Andrew Droz Palermo |
| Edited by | Sofi Marshall |
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| Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8,348 |
A Teacher is a 2013 independent drama film about a female high school teacher's illicit sexual relationship with a male student that turns from infatuation into obsession. This is the first feature film directed by Hannah Fidell. Principal photography for the film took place in Austin, Texas. The film had its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2013. The film was released on video on demand on August 20, 2013, prior to being released in a limited release on September 6, 2013, in the United States.
The film starts with Diana Watts (Lindsay Burdge) jogging, and driving to school, where she teaches English, to a class full of students. After school, Watts goes to the bar with her roommate and best friend Sophia (Jennifer Prediger). At the bar, Sophia finds out Diana is texting someone named Eric, she asks who he is and how she met him, and Diana replies she met him at school. Later, Watts is seen waiting in her car, a car pulls up, it is revealed to be Eric (Will Brittain). He goes in Diana's car, where they have sex.
Diana and Eric talk once class ends, they then kiss, Watts becomes nervous that someone will catch them, she is then seen being very happy. Watts then goes to the teachers lounge, where teachers are discussing about students who got caught smoking weed in the parking lot of the school. They then invite Diana to join them for a drink after school, she declines since her brother is going to be in town. She meets with her brother Hunter (Jonny Mars) to discuss about her mother. Since that she has been avoiding discussing the topic. At the restaurant they discuss their mother, and how she is doing and how he is worried for her. She becomes overwhelmed and leaves.
Diana and Eric are seen together again, Diana says she doesn't want to leave, Eric suggests she stay the night, however she declines. She tells him, she is the happiest she has been in a long time. Back at Diana's home, she and Sophia discuss their plans for Thanksgiving she tells Diana, she's going to introduce her to Rich (Cody Haltom) and Dan (Matthew Genitempo). Diana then gets a text message from Eric to send a picture so he won't miss her as much, while Sophia is talking, Diana takes a suggestive picture and sends it to Eric. Once the holidays are over Diana returns to school, during her lunch break, Jessica (Julie Phillips) a fellow teacher, discuss how a topless photo of a student has been going around the school. Diana becomes nervous and realizes that the photo she sent Eric could easily spread like that one, once they finish talking she immediately goes to Eric and asks him to remove the photo, and he does. Diana becomes jealous of Eric when she finds out he has a date to the Sadie Hawkins dance which she will be chaperoning.
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