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My Teacher, My Obsession (2018)

My Teacher, My Obsession poster
Directed by
Damián Romay
Genre
drama, thriller, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
15
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl transfers to a new high school where her father works as an English teacher. She struggles to make friends until she meets another girl who becomes dangerously obsessed with her father.

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What happens

My Teacher, My Obsession (also known as Dad Crush) is a 2018 American thriller drama film directed by Damian Romay, written by Patrick Robert Young and starring Rusty Joiner, Lucy Loken and Laura Bilgeri. The plot revolves around Riley (Bilgeri), who has transferred to a new high school where her father Chris (Joiner) is working as an English teacher. Riley initially has a hard time finding new friends, but eventually meets Kyla (Loken) and they become close friends. It turns out, though, that Kyla is obsessed with Riley's father. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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