We’ve been paying attention to Nadav Lapid‘s The Kindergarten Teacher since its debut at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, even recently naming it one of this summer’s best theatrical offerings. “Theatrical” if you’re living in New York City, that is, as the run will begin at Lincoln Center at July’s end — but, judging by everything that’s been seen and said thus far, it’ll be worth any necessary wait.
Ahead of next month’s opening, a theatrical trailer has been crafted. Going off the (largely) effusive reactions that have been hitting for more than a year, though, I’d recommend letting this one pass by while still taking attention of the film itself; if anything, I get the sense that much of The Kindergarten Teacher a) can’t be compressed into the preview format and b) is best left discovered as it was meant to unfold.
Have a look below:
Synopsis (via Kino):
Nadav Lapid’s THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, following on the heels of his breakthrough debut Policeman, is the story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. As the titular protagonist, Nira, discovers that her young student, Yoav, has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, she slowly and progressively becomes interested in cultivating the boy’s gift. But when fascination morphs into obsession, Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect his talent before he passes from boyhood to adolescence, and his purity is lost.
The Kindergarten Teacher opens on July 31.