The Kindergarten Teacher
Israeli writer-director Nadav Lapid (POLICEMAN) directs his second feature, an ambitious and aesthetically potent drama that is at once bizarre, beautiful and deeply unsettling. A teacher, Nira (Sarit Larry), becomes convinced that her five-year old student Yoav (Avi Shnaidman) is a child prodigy with his talent for composing poetry. Nira begins to write it down and tries to persuade his family to have it published, even taking Yoav to readings and pressing him to join a world that vastly exceeds his understanding.
Lapid demonstrates the aesthetic prowess of a first-class auteur, combining a realistic approach with cinematic flights-of-fancy that are often thrilling to behold. There’s no question that this intriguing feature confirms Lapid as a talent to be reckoned with.
120Rated NR
in Hebrew with English subtitles