NIGHTMARE TEACHER ENGLISH SUBTITLE MOVIE

None of this is to condone, or explain, such behavior, which is of course both wrong and against the law.

Is it because she is a woman? Or because she is so vulnerable? We never know. Overall, 'A Teacher' doesn't ask why Diana gives up her emotional edge so very early on. She manages to turn the tables on the kid, and regains control of her classroom.) A young woman teacher risks it all by engaging with a student, he blabs to the class, who then start to mock her. (If you can find the film, there's a clever treatment of such shenanigans in 'Donoma' by Haitian filmmaker Djinn CarrГ©nard. Student-teacher interaction has the built-in dynamic of inequity, possible role reversals: the stuff of drama. And the power shifts in the relationship are not explored with any subtlety. Yet common sense goes one way, obsession another. At odds with herself, she's intelligent enough to realize she should be more self-protective, even asking at one point for the return of a seductive 'selfie'-posed at Eric's request.

NIGHTMARE TEACHER ENGLISH SUBTITLE MOVIE

The movie does let us know she knows better. Not here, as Diana, caught in a vortex of her own making, spins out of control. We usually assume it's the teacher who is calling the shots. The victimization of underage students is public knowledge, through reported arrests and even made-for-TV movies, such as the story of Mary Kay Letourneau, the woman who left her husband for the 12-year-old student she seduced (for which she went to jail). Too, the film is called 'A Teacher,' not 'The Teacher.' It's about this particular person, not necessarily all teachers. She even gets us to empathize with the person in the power spot. To her great credit, director Fidell-named by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the 25 new faces of independent film-takes on a tricky topic. Spying on the love object, hoping against hope for an impossible future, Burdge convinces as the obsessional stew goes sour. It's a short segue to some reckless, even borderline behavior as cell phones, internet stalking, and other forms of self-torture. But abstinence only makes her heart grow fonder. We also get a much needed plot jolt as a ranch caretaker turns up unexpectedly, scaring Diana into backing off for a bit. Texas in the spring has a special kind of beauty, caught here by talented cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo. But the movie only allows for conjectures. Perhaps hers has been a nose-to-the-grindstone existence. It also makes for a tantalizing bit about Diana, who says she has never been to a ranch before, odd for a Texas resident. The 'one-room' claustrophobia is reminiscent of being trapped in the love-nest of ' Last Tango in Paris.' An opened out sequence is a great relief, as Diana and Eric take to the highway, driving to his family's ranch for some away time. Though after awhile you're itchy to get out of the bedroom, or the old high school staple, the car. Happily, a little something is left to the imagination. The love-making scenes are steamy, seemingly passionate risquГ© not pornographic. Much of the movie takes place in dark interiors. By then though, she's already a goner, and is in danger. When Diana snaps at a fellow teacher who interrupts a conversation between the two of them, Eric has the objectivity to see this is inappropriate, and might be dangerous for her. He's not in it for any kind of long haul, though he cares enough to never blow her cover, or put her job in jeopardy. At one point Diana suggests they take a time out, and he accepts this with ease. Still, he's no callow cad, he's merely self-possessed. Eric is a cool cat and Diana gets kittenish, even emotive around him. She definitely is no predator, despite the film's emotional set-up, but a woman in love-lust.

It seems the director had to throw in something, anything, to explain Diana's reclusiveness. But despite a reference to their mom's Alzheimer's, the cinematic catch-all disease for family problems these days, no disrespect intended, that's all we get. A brief visit from her out-of-town brother reveals she's cut off from her family. She's sort of a loner, though with a roommate, the cheery Sophia ( Jennifer Prediger) in whom she never confides. Scenes of an unhappy-looking Diana as a compulsive runner dot the film, and some ominous music sets the tone. As a character observes later in the movie: 'She's the teacher in high school the dudes wanted to bang but didn't.' But Diana is definitely upgraded in the looks department. Even the instructor lunchroom hasn't changed. It's so familiar, you can practically smell the chalk, want to start throwing erasers. The setting is a suburb of Austin Texas, but the classroom, and the school, could be anywhere.

Nightmare teacher english subtitle