Drama
A young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, and the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Kikujiro
Counterparts
Risky Business
The Trap
It's Winter
Nathalie Granger
A Boy and His Dog
The Longest Dream I Remember
Girls in Uniform
Import/Export
Under the Sand
Swimming Instructor
Good Morning, Miss Dove
The Man from the Embassy
The Sound of a Stone
Born of Fire
To Sir, with Love
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Wake in Fright
Atlantis
SIMILAR MOVIES
Kikujiro
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1999
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.Counterparts
IMDB 5.8 | May , 2007
Teacher Anne and policeman Georg are thought of as the perfect couple. However, appearances are deceptive: one of them is covered with scars and bruises. But which one is the abuser?Risky Business
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1967
A teenage girl accuses her primary schoolteacher, Jean Doucet (Jacques Brel), of trying to rape her. The police and the mayor investigate, but Doucet denies the charges. Two other students come forward to reveal more of Doucet's misconduct – one confessing to be his mistress. Doucet faces trial and hard labor if convicted.The Trap
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2007
Mladen and Marija are an ordinary and happy married couple of the "middle class" of the society in which they live as tenants. Mladen works as a civil engineer in a state company, and Marija is an English teacher in primary school. The couple finds joy in their only son, Nemanja. They discover that Nemanja has a rare heart disease and healing is possible with an operation in a foreign medical center, which costs €26,000.It's Winter
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2006
Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.Nathalie Granger
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1973
With little or no embellishment, filmmaker Marguerite Duras offers a simple, often wordless chronicle of a woman's day. She and her friend are seen doing yard work, talking about their families and receiving the occasional visitor. The brightest spot in the day is when a washing machine salesman comes to call.A Boy and His Dog
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 1975
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.The Longest Dream I Remember
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2021
As Tania leaves her hometown, she must confront what her absence will mean in the search for her disappeared father.Girls in Uniform
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 1958
A new student, Manuela, enters a strict girls' boarding school after her mother’s death, where she finds comfort in a kind teacher, stirring complex emotions within her.Import/Export
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2007
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...Under the Sand
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 2001
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.Swimming Instructor
IMDB 5.6 | Mar , 1979
Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.Good Morning, Miss Dove
IMDB 7 | Nov , 1955
Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly doctor, who is a former student of Miss Dove's, comes to her aid. As many of her pupils, present and past, come to see her in the hospital, they reveal how Miss Dove has greatly impacted their lives over the years. These visitors include a police officer, a playwright, a banker, a convict, and an unmarried mother.The Man from the Embassy
IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 2007
The unusual friendship between a German embassy employee and a twelve-year-old refugee girl helps both of them rediscover their joy in life, but also brings with it suspicion, corruption and violence.The Sound of a Stone
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1955
The dramatized story of a young high school teacher who is falsely accused of communist sympathies is used to demonstrate how baseless accusations can foster the spread of suspicion throughout a community, thus causing insidious and lasting damage.Born of Fire
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1987
For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.To Sir, with Love
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1967
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 1951
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.Wake in Fright
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1971
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.Atlantis
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2020
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.