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Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience

The Substitute (2007) 12

Denmark | 2007 | 90 min.

The 6th grade class 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 to 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?

CountryDenmark
Year2007
Duration90 min
Rating12
LanguageDanish
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Ole Bornedal
Screenplay Ole Bornedal, Henrik Prip
Director of Photography Dan Laustsen
Music Marco Beltrami
Edited by Thomas Krag
Contact Danish Film Institute

Biography

He is an award-winning filmmaker from Denmark. He started out in radio and TV. He made his debut with the award-winning feature drama Nightwatch (Nattevagten, 1994). He also found success with the dramas Just Another Love Story (Kærlighed på film, 2007) and Deliver Us from Evil (Fri os fra det onde, 2009).

School, Drama, Science Fiction, Psychology, Teamwork, Teenagers, Friendship

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