The Teacher's Lounge: German drama is an intense allegory

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The Teacher's Lounge: German drama is an intense allegory

A school becomes an allegory for society in tense German drama The Teacher’s Lounge, which was nominated for Best International Film at this year’s Oscars.  Leonie Benesch stars as Carla, an idealistic new teacher at a high school where there have been a series of thefts. After one of her students is suspected, she decides to investigate herself. However, her noble intentions turn out to have dire consequences, setting off a chain reaction invol…