The Substitute

The Substitute

2007 · 93 min · DA · R · 5.6 (63 votes)
Dir. Ole Bornedal · Starring Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider, Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok, Emma Juel Justesen, Mollie Maria Gilmartin · Music Marco Beltrami
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6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?

VIBE

A bizarre, unsettling Danish film that blends dark humor with a creeping sense of dread. It feels like a fever dream, exploring paranoia and conformity through a bizarre alien invasion premise. Strange, yet oddly compelling.

unsettlingcampydarkly comedicabsurdiststeadyarthousequirkylow-fi sci-fisatiricalconformityparanoiaalienationchildhood
denmarkalienteachers and students
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