Julieta Zylberberg, Osmar Nuñez, Gaby Ferrero, Marta Lubos, Diego Vegezzi. Based on the novel Ciencias morales by Martín Kohan. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010. Released as part of a 10-DVD set entitled "Global Lens 2011". The set also includes a bonus CD-ROM with discussion guides and background information for each film.
Summary:
Set against the backdrop of Argentina's military regime of the 1980s, Diego Lerman's exploration of the totalitarian urge opens with a portrait of María Teresa, a lonely and deeply repressed assistant teacher at an elite Buenos Aires private school. Obedient and willing, she accepts unquestioningly the school's rigid code of conduct and proud identification with the nation state. But her head professor's words about the "cancer of subversion" and need for total surveillance soon feed an unhealthy obsession with one of her students, leading to an ensuing spiral of degradation and breakdown in discipline that parallels a popular rebellion beyond the school's ivy-covered walls.
Series:
Global lens collection
OCLC:
(OCoLC)786459346
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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