THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE // DAS LEHRERZIMMER

2023 | DCP | Colour | 98’ | German, Turkish, Polish, English; Turkish, English sub. | Germany

September, 17, Sunday, 20.30, Amfitiyatro

Çatak's new film The Teacher's Lounge portrays a school-scale model of society. Carla is a young high school math teacher. In the face of rising theft cases at her school, the administration increasingly blames the students for the criminal incidents. But Carla takes a stand against the administration when a Turkish student is accused of baseless allegations. She decides to set a trap for the thief in the teacher's lounge, where she leaves her jacket and laptop that is secretly recording. The person caught on camera is not a student, but this discovery exacerbates the issue rather than solves it because Carla's unauthorised recording violates personal privacy. This puts students, teachers, and parents in a heated debate. On the other hand, the student newspaper represents free press that reports on the events impartially. Co-written by Çatak and Johannes Duncker, the gripping and thrilling screenplay deals with the situation in all its dimensions.

Berlin 2023 | CICAE Art Cinema, Label Europa Cinemas

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DIRECTOR

İlker Çatak

CAST

Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Kathrin Wehlisch, Sarah Bauerett, Rafael Stachowiak, Uygar Tamer, Özgür Karadeniz

SCREENPLAY

Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Judith Kaufmann

EDITING

Gesa Jäger

MUSIC

Marvin Miller

PRODUCER

Ingo Fliess

WORLD SALES

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TURKEY SALES

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