Vikarien

APPROPIATE

2006 / 85min.

Rating7.8

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

For the young, ambitious substitute teacher Max Wejstorp the chaos in his school in a Stockholm suburb ultimately becomes unbearable. He summons his old teacher and mentor, the now 73-year-old legend Folke Silvén from Lund in southern Sweden. How the teachers has got an increasingly untenable work situation is shown in a very direct way in "Vikarien".

Directors

Actors

Max Wejstorp

Folke Silvén

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