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A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.


A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker.

Saleh Bakri
Basem El-Saleh

Imogen Poots
Lisa

Muhammad Abed Elrahman
Adam

Stanley Townsend
Simon Cohen

Paul Herzberg
Director Lieberman

Mahmood Bakri
Yacoub

Andrea Irvine
Rachel Cohen

Asmaa Azaizeh
Salwa

Ruba Bilal
Huda
Muayyad Abd Elsamad
Abu Tarek
The Teacher is a drama, war, thriller film released in 2024. Directed by Farah Nabulsi, it stars Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, Muhammad Abed Elrahman. A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker.
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