The French Teacher

The French Teacher

2026 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery

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.

Directed by Ricardo Alves Jr. · Written by Ricardo Alves Jr.

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