Summaries

Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.

Chala is eleven years old, lives alone with his addict mother, and trains fighting dogs to earn a living. This environment of violence sometimes surfaces at school. Carmela is his sixth-grade teacher, and the boy has great respect for her. But when Carmela gets sick and is forced to leave the classroom for several months, a new teacher, unable to handle Chala's character, transfers him to a behavioral school. Upon her return, Carmela opposes this measure and other transformations that have taken place in her class. The relationship between the veteran teacher and the boy grows stronger, but this commitment will put both of their places in the school at risk.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • teacher
  • behavior modification
  • palestinian
  • childhood love
  • havana cuba
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 9, 2014
Countries of origin Cuba
Language Spanish
Production companies Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) RTV Comercial Ministry of Culture

Box office

Gross worldwide $147731

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 48m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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