Movie
The Kindergarten Teacher
Overview
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-09-23
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Maven Screen Media, Paper Chase Films, Studio Mao, Farcaster Films, Imagination Park Entertainment, Manhattan Productions, Pia Pressure, Pie Films
- Country
- Canada, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lisa Spinelli
- Parker Sevak as Jimmy Roy
- Gael García Bernal as Simon
- Michael Chernus as Grant Spinelli
- Rosa Salazar as Becca
- Ajay Naidu as Nikhil Roy
- Anna Baryshnikov as Meghan
- Daisy Tahan as Lainie Spinelli
- Sam Jules as Josh Spinelli
- Samrat Chakrabarti as Sanjay Roy
- Haley Murphy as Brittany
- Stefaniya Makarova as Krystal
Crew
- Sara Colangelo - Director
- Nadav Lapid - Writer
- Sara Colangelo - Screenplay
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