Currently in theaters and in the running for the 2024 Oscars, the German thriller “The Teachers’ Room” has a press average of 3.8 out of 5.
Released this week, The Teacher’s Room is also competing for the Oscar for best international film, alongside Me, Captain, Perfect Days, The Snow Circle and The Zone of Interest. Carried by the impressive Leonie Benesch in the shoes of a teacher seeking to elucidate a series of thefts in a college, this German thriller, directed by İlker Çatak, was very well received by the French press present on AlloCiné. Its average is 3.8 out of 5, for 33 supports.
What is it about ?
While a series of thefts take place in the teachers’ lounge, Carla Nowak leads the investigation in the college where she teaches. Very quickly, the entire establishment is shaken by his discoveries.
What the press thinks:
According to CinemaTeaser:
“Rumours, unsaid words, intergenerational distrust and the headache of teaching in the age of social networks, the film shoots on sight with surgical precision.” (Perrine Quennesson) 5/5
According to South West:
“From an incident, Ilker Catak builds a captivating thriller, with a dizzying story, staged with rigor on all levels.” (Julien Rousset) 5/5
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According to L’Obs:
“More than a suspense film in a school setting, “The Teachers’ Room” is a stifling closed-door film about a teacher driven by a high idea of her profession who wants to do well, falls, tries to catch herself and gets bogged down like a mouse caught in its wheel. Alone despite the others. Chilling.” (Nicolas Schaller) 4/5
According to La Voix du Nord:
“The diabolical spiral does not avoid disturbing questions (the child king, xenophobia, the confidence of liars) and gradually transforms the film into an astonishing paranoid thriller.” (Christophe Caron) 4/5
According to Le Figaro:
“The film is strong. It avoids any Manichaeism, describes the behind-the-scenes of a profession from the inside, opts for a narrow format image which surrounds the plot in a Kafkaesque setting, all to a haunting violin tune. suspense is there.” (Eric Neuhoff) 4/5
According to Le Journal du Dimanche:
“İlker Çatak asks the right questions on the multiple issues of the education system by taking us into a humanist chronicle, but never candid, which is also a thriller with its very tense atmosphere maintained by a nervous staging.” (Barbara Théate) 4/5
According to Libération:
“The Teachers’ Room was designed without the slightest programmatic desire, just having fun throughout the story seizing the most scathing poles, without perversion or deviousness, and playing with often brilliant ideas […].” (Lelo Jimmy Batista) 4/5
According to Première:
“Leonie Benech, a formidable actress who is reminiscent of Isabelle Huppert, delivers an exceptional performance, full of nuances, and perfectly crystallizes the pain and expectations linked to the teaching profession. A film more important than ever.” (Yohan Haddad) 4/5
This is the film that shook Germany: nominated for an Oscar, The Teachers’ Room is a must-see at the cinema
According to Le Parisien:
“A tense film, wonderfully performed by the actress Leonie Benesch. But certain eases in the progression of the story and an ending that is far too heavy partly spoil the whole thing.” (Renaud Baronian) 3/5
According to Cahiers du Cinéma:
“To fight against the new fascisms, would self-control be the key, as embodied – not without brilliance – by this heroine who bends, but does not break in the escalation of violence? In reality, because it plays above all on the visceral fear of the Other, the film is based on the fantasy of correct correction: he is thus the first to plot against his character.” (Elie Raufaste) 2/5