The Kindergarten Teacher
Synopsis
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.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Gael García Bernal, Michael Chernus, Rosa Salazar, Ajay Naidu DIRECTOR: Sara Colangelo CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pepe Avila del Pino MUSIC: Asher Goldschmidt PRODUCTION: Maven Screen Media, Paper Chase Films, Studio Mao, Farcaster Films, Imagination Park Entertainment, Manhattan Productions, Pia Pressure, Pie Films
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
PRODUCTION NOTES
▸ Production
In May 2017, it was announced Maggie Gyllenhaal had been cast in the film, with Sara Colangelo directing from a screenplay she wrote, based upon the 2014 Israeli film of the same name. Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray, Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler will serve as producers on the film, under their Maven Pictures and Pie Films banners, respectively. In July 2017, Gael García Bernal, Rosa Salazar, Michael Chernus, Anna Baryshnikov, Daisy Tahan and Samrat Chakrabarti joined the cast of the film. Poets Kaveh Akbar, Dominique Townsend, and Ocean Vuong worked with Gyllenhaal and Colangelo to write poems for the film.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Awards Won: ★ Sundance U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic
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CRITICAL RECEPTION
The website's critical consensus reads, "Elevated by a bravura performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Kindergarten Teacher is one American remake that retains its impact the second time around." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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