The Country Teacher

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A man struggles to understand and accept both himself and others in this pastoral drama from Czech filmmaker Bohdan Slama. Petr (Pavel Liska) is a schoolteacher who has grown tired of life in Prague and wants out of his dead-end relationship with another man. Petr is still coming to terms with his sexuality, and he decides to take a job in a small farming community where he can start his life over. As Petr settles into his new teaching position, he strikes up a friendship with his neighbors -- a ruggedly independent single woman, Marie (Zuzana Bydzovska), and her handsome teenage son, Lada (Ladislav Sedivy). Petr gains a new lease on life in the country, but his simple life becomes profoundly difficult when he finds himself increasingly attracted to Lada, while Marie makes it clear she has strong feelings for Petr. Venkovsky Ucitel (aka A Country Teacher) received its North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • cc
  • Short film - Peter and Ben

AWARDS

• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2009

• Rotterdam International Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2009

• San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2010

• Toronto International Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2008

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Pavel Liska - Teacher
       Zuzana Bydzovska - Marie
       Ladislav Sedivy - Boy
       Marek Daniel - Boyfriend
       Tereza Voriskova - Popsie
       Milos Cernousek - Principal
       Zuzana Kronerova - Mother
       Miroslav Krobot - Father
       Cyril Drozda
       Marie Ludvikova

• Director:

  Bohdan Sláma

• Producer:

  Karl Baumgartner, Petr Oukropec, Pavel Strnad, Thanassis Karathanos

• Screenwriter:

  Bohdan Sláma

• Cinematographer:

  Divis Marek

• Composer (Music Score):

  Vladimir Godar

• Editor:

  Jan Danhel

• Production Designer:

  Petr Pistek

• Art Director:

  Václav Novák, Martin Micka

• Costume Designer:

  Zuzana Krejzkova

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Jan Cenek

• Makeup:

  Veronika Riehs

• First Assistant Director:

  Karel Bezdek

• Production Manager:

  Pavel Cechak

• Dramaturg:

  Kristian Suda