Movie: The Teachers' Lounge
Running Times: 1:38
Nominated for: International Feature
How I watched: Laemmle
When it had me: A teacher fighting for student rights
When it lost me: Not until the end
What systems does it challenge: Good question
This movie was an interesting look at trust and discipline. It moved along at a really nice clip and the acting was really good. In it a school is struggling with a theft problem and keeps finding out that catching a criminal sometimes impacts the rights of everyone else.
The struggle is between following a strict "zero tolerance" policy versus using a more nuanced approach that allows you to center your primary objective: benefiting the community.
I was really interested in following where the twists and turns would take me until the end when some of the behavior of characters seemed to get exaggerated beyond what was believable. It spun out a bit and didn't leave me feeling satisfied. Still, it gave me a lot to think about, so I'll credit it for that.
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