Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
PG 01 Jan 1980 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 40m
In the 1930's, Max Brown is an urban young man from an Eastern province, fresh from college, whose only job offer is in a one-room school house in the Canadian prairie. At first he's distant, superior, lonely, and bewildered; his students are rebellious. Over the course of the year, he is drawn to Alice Field, the wife of a farmer, in a love that can lead nowhere. But, he and his students connect, a connection that matters and lasts.
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English
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1 win & 2 nominations
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Canada
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