6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?
Acting
Paprika Steen gleefully weaponizes Danish pleasantness into menace.
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi alien effects that commit to the bit.
Director
Ole Bornedal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bornedal remade his own 2007 Danish hit for Hollywood in 2011 as 'The Substitute' with Lucy Liu. It tanked. The original's lo-fi charm survived translation about as well as Ulla's human disguise.
The alien language is actually backwards Danish. Bornedal recorded lines normally, reversed them, then taught actors to lip-sync the gibberish. Paprika Steen reportedly nailed it in one take because of course she did.
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