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‘The Teacher Who Promised the Sea’ Rolls Out Sales, Notable International Box Office for Filmax
Fast-consolidating industry lore, compounded by Toronto dealing – or lack of it – has it that non-English-language dramas don’t sell.
“The Teacher Who Promised the Sea,” chronicling the tragedy of barbaric slaughter in the Spanish Civil War, has not only sold but opened in Italy and Australia to boffo box office numbers for an art film. In 2010, Ariadna (Laia Costa, “Lullaby”), sets out for Burgos in central northern Spain to grant her grandfather, Carlos, his dying wish, to locate body of his father. Unsuccessful in her search, Ariadna soon learns about the Antoni Benaiges, the village’s school teacher over 1934-36, who taught according to the precepts of French reformer Célestin Freinet and left a huge mark on his pupils.
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