The French Teacher
6.4
Graça, a lesbian woman living in Belo Horizonte with her French girlfriend Clara, gives private French lessons to support herself in a large Brazilian metropolis. As an independent Black woman from a lower-middle-class background, she finds herself confronted by the dark side of religious fanaticism when she is forced to live with an extremist evangelical family that gradually involves her in a mysterious plot that leads her to lose her mind.
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Cast
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Grace Passô
Graça
Known for
Kissing Game
The Son of a Thousand Men
Pedro Goifman
Tomás
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Jehnny Beth
Clara
Known for
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Bárbara Colen
Tainá
Known for
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Aquarius
Rômulo Braga
Tenório
Known for
Criminal Code
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Rodger Rogério
Raimundo
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Bacurau
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Elisa Lucinda
Lourdes
Known for
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Ângela
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Ítalo Laureano
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Constelações
Ricardo Alves Jr. Director · Germano Melo Writer Vasco Viana Cinematographer
First release September 24, 2026 · Produced in Brazil, France, Portugal · Languages French, Portuguese
Production
Entrefilmes
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Les Valseurs
Production
Karõ Filmes
Production
Brazil · France · Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original title
A Professora de Francês
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese
Release dates
Spain · September 24, 2026
Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · 41° Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Brazil
October 8, 2026 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo
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