Teacher Carla Nowak decides to get involved when one of her students is suspected of theft.
Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.....
Sometimes, it's great going into a film and not knowing what anything was about. I had some sort of idea from the reading of the synopsis, but my good lord, nothing prepared me from what I was going to experience.
The film starts off simply, our main protagonist teaches a class where other teachers think hides a thief. So they do a really unruly wallet check, and discover that one student has a large sum of money. The parents attend, find out that he wanted to but his cousin a video game, and that is laid to rest.
In the titular place, Carla somehow checks her money in her wallet, sets up her video camera on her laptop, and leaves for a while. She come back, finds some of her money has been stolen, and checks back on her laptop.
She sees someone go into her belongings, and some of her money has been taken. But in the video, she sees the persons blouse, and it is quite a standout blouse, and sees one of the PA's wearing the said blouse. She wants a quiet word, but the person in question and confronts her. She denies it, and Carla goes to her head. The accused is suspended, and then the film starts proper.
And boy, does it start.
The tension this film builds from the point of the class and the parents is astounding. Something that could have been dealt with quickly begins to spiral out of control, and the presumed victim becomes the accused, and she is lambasted for everything that happens there on.
It's horrible for Carla, because everything that she does turns sour, and once the accused's son becomes involved, it almost becomes into a conspiracy theory film, much like All The Presidents Men.
It's tense and taut throughout, and there feels like there is no reprieve for any of the characters involved, right until the sharp ending.
It's one of the films of the year for sure, and the cliched term, nailbaiter comes into fruition for the most part of this film.
It's a truly great film.
Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.....
Sometimes, it's great going into a film and not knowing what anything was about. I had some sort of idea from the reading of the synopsis, but my good lord, nothing prepared me from what I was going to experience.
The film starts off simply, our main protagonist teaches a class where other teachers think hides a thief. So they do a really unruly wallet check, and discover that one student has a large sum of money. The parents attend, find out that he wanted to but his cousin a video game, and that is laid to rest.
In the titular place, Carla somehow checks her money in her wallet, sets up her video camera on her laptop, and leaves for a while. She come back, finds some of her money has been stolen, and checks back on her laptop.
She sees someone go into her belongings, and some of her money has been taken. But in the video, she sees the persons blouse, and it is quite a standout blouse, and sees one of the PA's wearing the said blouse. She wants a quiet word, but the person in question and confronts her. She denies it, and Carla goes to her head. The accused is suspended, and then the film starts proper.
And boy, does it start.
The tension this film builds from the point of the class and the parents is astounding. Something that could have been dealt with quickly begins to spiral out of control, and the presumed victim becomes the accused, and she is lambasted for everything that happens there on.
It's horrible for Carla, because everything that she does turns sour, and once the accused's son becomes involved, it almost becomes into a conspiracy theory film, much like All The Presidents Men.
It's tense and taut throughout, and there feels like there is no reprieve for any of the characters involved, right until the sharp ending.
It's one of the films of the year for sure, and the cliched term, nailbaiter comes into fruition for the most part of this film.
It's a truly great film.