The French Teacher

Anna Maiche

Cleo, middle aged teacher who is grappling with complicated personal dilemmas. Hesitantly, she begins an affair with Matthew, one of her students who is half her age. After the death of her father, her daughter Sophie returns home from New York to stay with her. The already fraught relationship between mother and daughter is intensified when a triangle emerges between Cleo, Sophie and Matthew. The present collides with the past, as long-buried family issues are unearthed in this complex, inter generational drama.—Letter B.