A Teacher Page #2

Synopsis: Diana Watts is an English teacher at Westerbrook High School in Austin, Texas. A longtime and continuing undisclosed issue between her and her mother may be only one factor in Diana looking for love in the wrong place. That place is at school, as she has just embarked on a secret affair with one of her students, Eric Tull. This relationship is the most fulfilling she's had in quite some time. A few incidents and the first real close call in being caught leads to Diana calling off the affair several months in, as she finally comes to the understanding that being caught would certainly mean the end of her teaching career and her good reputation. This close time away from Eric also gives Diana the opportunity to look at their relationship through a slightly different perspective, with the old adage of absence making the heart grow fonder kicking in. As such, Diana gets torn between doing what she knows is the right thing by staying away from Eric, or listening to her troubled heart, her g
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Hannah Fidell
Production: Oscilloscope Laboratories
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
75 min
$4,000
Website
1,022 Views


Do you want a beer?

I'm good.

Uh, yeah. Sure.

Okay. I'm gonna get you a beer.

Both of you.

Uh, so you're the...

the teacher?

Yeah.

Cool. Yeah.

Uh, Sophia was telling me

about that.

Cool.

What do you do?

I run this Web site called

LOL poorpeople. com.

I run a boring Web site.

Hey.

Hi. I'm Rich.

Who are you?

This is, uh,

uh, Diane.

Hi, Diane.

Hi. Diana. Um...

Diana. Okay, sorry. Yeah.

I'm Sophia's roommate.

What do you...

She's a teacher.

Okay. Yeah. I teach English.

High school English.

Oh.

She is totally the teacher that

all the little dudes in high school...

wanted to bang,

but they couldn't bang her

in high school.

No.

No? Sorry.

Sh*t. There's a hair in my beer.

I'll be right back.

There's a hair in your beer?

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey.

How much longer

do you think you wanna stay?

A little while.

You wanna stay?

Wanna go? I do.

I'm just really tired.

Um, you wanna

take my car?

- Could I?

- Yeah. You can totally take it.

Yeah, I can give you a ride back.

That would be great.

This is the key

to the car,

and that's the key

to the house.

Okay. All right.

Yeah.

See you later. Nice to meet you.

See you at home.

Okay.

Be back soon.

Hey, it's Eric. Leave me a message,

and I'll call you back.

Hey.

It's me.

I miss you.

Bye.

- Do we really have to keep

watching this? - Yes.

Dad.

Yes.

Hey.

It makes him happy.

Okay.

Let him be happy.

Fine.

- I'll go put my feet up

for a minute. - Okay.

Oh, no. This is such

a good play though.

Really? Right here?

Uh, no. In a few more.

It's not really that good.

You should go.

I thought

I'd find you in here.

Whose picture was that?

Uh, just Facebook.

Yeah?

Been on that phone

an awful lot, missy.

Mm-hmm.

You're not trying

to escape, are you?

'Cause I would like to escape

from these crazy people...

that are my family.

Oh, they're so sweet.

Well, they think you're great.

They're so glad you're here.

And I'm really glad

that you're here...

and not alone.

You're well-fed, and it's good to

spend the holiday with you.

My family just loves you.

Our house is your house.

Just sleeping in

a couple more minutes.

It's just wonderful.

I know.

Hey, have you, uh... Have you seen

that photo that's going around school?

Apparently,

it's a topless photo...

of a freshman girl.

God.

I mean, a student's phone

was confiscated,

and the new assistant

principal found it.

Oh.

What was she thinking?

I mean, kids... They can do

things that are so stupid.

I mean,

that's really dumb.

Yeah.

Phones are everywhere.

Everybody will send

that to everyone.

It was a freshman?

Yeah. Yeah, she's a freshman.

I don't have her,

but, um,

I think Irene

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Hannah Fidell

Hannah Margalit Fidell (born October 7, 1985) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Her directorial debut was the drama film A Teacher (2013). She also wrote and directed the romantic drama film 6 Years (2015) and the comedy film The Long Dumb Road (2018). more…

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