The Kindergarten Teacher
- language: Hebrew
- director: Nadav Lapid
- actor: Avi Shnaidman Dan Toren Ester Rada Gilad ben David Guy Oren Lior Raz Sarit Larry Yehezkel Lazarov
Synopsis:
A teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
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