EXCLUSIVE: There will be plenty of promising acquisition titles at Venice and Toronto, but here’s an intriguing one that wrapped too late for fest consideration, that will be introduced to buyers in the fall market by CAA Media Finance.The Teacher is a drama inspired by true events, set and shot in Palestine.
The film marks the feature debut of British/Palestinian writer/director Farah Nabulsi, who was Oscar nominated and won the BAFTA for her short The Present.
She didn’t choose an easy path for her first feature, which she scripted, and which stars Imogen Poots, Saleh Bakri, Stanley Townsend, Paul Herzberg and Andrea Irvine.
One to watch is Palestinian newcomer Mohamed Abdel Rahman.Devastated by the loss of his teenage son, The Teacher follows a Palestinian school teacher Basem El-Saleh (Bakri), who struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer-worker (Poots).“The story covers the universal themes of love and loss and guilt and revenge,” Nabulsi told Deadline. “If I want to go to the inspiration, there would be numerous real life stories that I’ve come across during my travels and trips to Palestine as well as the story of Gilad Shalit.
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