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A kindergarten teacher discovers a five 5-old child's prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone. The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. As the titular protagonist, Nira, discovers that her young student, Yoav, has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, she slowly and progressively becomes interested in cultivating the boy's gift. But when fascination morphs into obsession, Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect his talent before he passes from boyhood to adolescence, and his purity is lost.

Keywords

  • Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal
  • Cannes: La Semaine de la Critique
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Vanaf 10 jaar oud
  • Abonnement nieuwigheden
  • Teachers in the Movies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • De favorieten van het Sooner-team: Emilie
  • kindertijd
  • identiteit

Actors

  • Yehezkel Lazarov
  • Guy Oren
  • Sarit Larry
  • Lior Raz
  • Avi Shnaidman
  • Ester Rada
  • Avishag Kahalani
  • Hamuchtar

Director

  • Nadav Lapid

Drama


2h


alle leeftijden

HEBREW


FRENCH

Israel
2013
Trailer
A kindergarten teacher discovers a five 5-old child's prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.

A kindergarten teacher discovers a five 5-old child's prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.


The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. As the titular protagonist, Nira, discovers that her young student, Yoav, has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, she slowly and progressively becomes interested in cultivating the boy's gift. But when fascination morphs into obsession, Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect his talent before he passes from boyhood to adolescence, and his purity is lost.

Festivals

Cannes - La Semaine de la Critique

Cannes - La Semaine de la Critique

Cast & Crew

nadav-lapid

Director

Nadav Lapid

yehezkel-lazarov

Cast

Yehezkel Lazarov

guy-oren

Cast

Guy Oren

sarit-larry

Cast

Sarit Larry

lior-raz

Cast

Lior Raz

avi-shnaidman

Cast

Avi Shnaidman

ester-rada

Cast

Ester Rada

avishag-kahalani

Cast

Avishag Kahalani

hamuchtar

Cast

Hamuchtar


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