The Kindergarten Teacher, GFT
9 – l4 March, 2019
Based on the critically acclaimed 2014 film of the same name from Nadav Lapid, Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Lisa Spinelli, a devoted kindergarten teacher fed up with her career, her oblivious husband and teenage kids who largely ignore her. When she discovers that five-year-old Jimmy (Parker Sevak) in her class may be a poetic prodigy, Lisa becomes fascinated and tries to shield him from his uninterested father. Lisa quickly finds herself risking career and family to nurture his talent in Sara Colangelo’s suspense-filled psychological drama.
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Written by : Pat Byrne
Publisher of Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End; the community guide to the West End of Glasgow. Fiction and non-fiction writer.
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