The big winner at the 2023 German Film Awards, and a nominee for Best International Feature at the 2024 Oscars,...
The big winner at the 2023 German Film Awards, and a nominee for Best International Feature at the 2024 Oscars, follows a teacher who, when one of her students is suspected of theft, decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
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96 %138 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
69 %390 reviewsAudience score rating
"A chalk-snappingly tense watch."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Lessons are taught and taut in a gripping classroom-ethics thriller."
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Variety
Variety"Keenly observed and richly detailed."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"(A) lung-tightening scholastic thriller."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"The deliciously twisted turns are enough to keep viewers riveted."
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Vox
Vox"A taut, unconventional German thriller."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"It's not easy to make an intense thriller about things that could actually happen. But when one appears, it's glorious."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Top marks... for making a complex lesson on modern ethics so intensely suspenseful."
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The Straits Times
The Straits Times"A taut and tight examination of the concept of justice folded into an absorbing character study."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Nerve-wracking."
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NPR
NPR"A nail-biting thriller that will keep you guessing."
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ABC
ABC"Far more than a conventional whodunit."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"Smartly explores systems of oppression, collectivity, and morality."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader"Strains credulity through relentless escalations."
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Little White Lies
Little White LiesThe Teachers' Lounge | Details
Award winner- Label Europa Cinemas & C.I.C.A.E. Award, Berlin 2023
- Rating
- 12A, infrequent strong language, brief drug references
- Runtime
- 99
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Germany
