Mrs Drazdechova is the new teacher at a Bratislava school. It is 1983, the country is yet to become the independent Slovakia and is still known as Czechoslovakia and the Communists are still in power. 'The Teacher' has a curious practice for familiarising herself with her new pupils. She calls their names one by one and gets them to stand and explain their parents' occupations. It soon becomes evident that this teacher uses the information to manipulate personal favours; something difficult for the parents to resist given that this teacher is also the Communist Party secretary for the school.
'The Teacher' has a rather drab, low key, design reflecting the drab, struggling lifestyles of the era. It is an interesting curiosity about the perils and corruptive influences of minor officialdom.
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