Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues, and aggressive students but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break under the pressure.

Winner of several awards this year, İlker Çatak’s gripping, intense, classroom drama, THE TEACHERS LOUNGE, will represent Germany in the Best International Film Category at the 2024 Oscars®.