A classroom of tiny dictators vs. one overwhelmed adult—who's really teaching who?
After being hired as a temporary substitute for an experienced pedagogue, a young maths teacher has to find common ground with a precocious group of sixth graders.
Acting
Maya Bulgakova's layered, unsentimental warmth
Writing
Dialogue that respects children's intelligence
Direction
Seleznyova's patient observation of classroom power dynamics
Director
Inessa Seleznyova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare Soviet film centering female professionalism without romantic subplot—revolutionary for 1972.
Maya Bulgakova was primarily a stage actress; this was one of her few leading film roles.
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