Clare | A student/teacher relationship goes too far in this LGTBQ+ short film

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  • Опубліковано 4 гру 2024

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  • @vanizorc
    @vanizorc 4 місяці тому +21

    Oh man, this hits so close to home and I identify so much with Clare. I'm in my 30s now, but when I was 16/17 back in high school, I had a huge crush on a teacher (female teacher and I am a woman). We chatted over email and addressed each other by nicknames, but she told me to use her professional name in the halls. She told me I was beautiful. I sent her a bouquet of flowers on Valentine's Day. It was a full-on emotional relationship for about a year. Then she slowly started pulling away from me and wouldn't tell me why (I guessed it was because she didn't want to get in trouble as I could put her career at risk). After a while, I just left it as I got the hint that she wanted to end things. Couple of months after that, I graduated and moved out of the city to attend university in another city, and never saw or talked to her again. Every now and again, I think back and wonder how she's been doing.

  • @бобс-м7ш
    @бобс-м7ш Рік тому +154

    I love it! Those 10 minutes said so much without actually saying anything and thats the art of a short film. Good job guys!

  • @PKAC972
    @PKAC972 Рік тому +246

    I like the husband's attitude. He is not happy about what is happening, but also refuses to blame a teenage girl or show bitterness toward her. It's like in the story of the North Wind and the Sun: to get her to let go, he didn't hit her hard, yell at her, or scare her; no, he gently reminded her that what was happening was wrong, not only because their kind of relationship is illegal, but because it was something for which their lives would be only the first ones to be ruined.

    • @astreabof9703
      @astreabof9703 Рік тому +43

      What you like about the husband is what i really dislike. In my opinion, that conversation had to be taken place between the teacher and Claire. Otherwise, it seems to me like a real threatening what he says to the girl. Husband should have talked to her wife. This conversation only shows his marriage is over.

    • @andgainingspeed
      @andgainingspeed Рік тому +9

      @@astreabof9703 You're right that ideally a slightly different conversation would happen between the teacher and the student. But I think the writer suggests the teacher really isn't up to taking it on directly, as she would have had ample opportunity. In the scene with just the student and the teacher the teacher pretends like nothing is going on. When her husband throws the wife's cigarette away, is it showing that he is a controlling jerk, or is the writer showing another example of the teacher doing something that is bad for her and others around her? Much like the teacher's unhealthy dynamic with the student that she indulges in to the point the husband picks up on it?

    • @andrayday8064
      @andrayday8064 Рік тому +2

      ​@@astreabof9703Who is to say he didn't talk to his wife? He probably did but as shown with the smoking infront of her student scene and having a students phone number she just doesn't care too much. That being said they have a child so it's not that simple to just end it.

    • @tomabaza
      @tomabaza Рік тому +1

      @@andrayday8064 If you are riding a horse and it dies, get off.

    • @naughtynome4491
      @naughtynome4491 Рік тому +9

      he's just scaring her into not getting his wife in trouble? i don't think the husband is looking out for Clare at all, she needs at least therapy. She was taken advantage of by a teacher lol

  • @stacymcmahon453
    @stacymcmahon453 Рік тому +84

    Wow, this is amazing. The acting, pacing, dialog, a solid but spare plot that gets the point across with no extra filler, unlike so many films these days that hit you over the head with a moral or message. And, this film masters the art of artlessness. Someone wrote the lines and directed the actors, but it feels like you're there watching real people talking the way real people actually talk and act. Bravo!

  • @Krzysztof_Kasprowiak
    @Krzysztof_Kasprowiak Рік тому +17

    This is actually a superb short. Loved the idea that nothing is explained directly but the plot revels itself by itself in just 10 minutes. It’s like we are watching just the end of the movie but can fully understand the whole background story. Great example that sometimes less is more. Mature short.

  • @benjwilliams98
    @benjwilliams98 Рік тому +84

    the tagline kinda spoils the short -- much better experience that I missed the title of the youtube video and it's just called clare.

  • @EC-fj7xp
    @EC-fj7xp Рік тому +50

    I very complex dynamic concern this well made, well-acted short film! As to the husband's involvement that could have been trimmed or dis guarded all together not involving the husband. However as is this short has professionalism written all over it! Script, cast, tech crew and direction are just straight forward uncluttered and clean! KUDOS to Lauren Minnerath!!

  • @feather151278
    @feather151278 Рік тому +68

    Really good. Would love to see this as a full movie with all the story.

  • @mynameisntemma167
    @mynameisntemma167 5 місяців тому +8

    This is my interpretation: at some point, Miss Larson and Clare were very close emotionally, maybe Clare spent her days after school in her room and they bonded. But instead of an appropriate mentor/student relationship, both parties began to feel romantically towards each other, and perhaps one of them acted on it (I would bet it to be Clare; as a teen, she’s more impulsive). Suddenly, Miss Larson realized they went too far and cut Clare off as anything but a student.
    Larson’s husband knew everything, and was, rightfully, pissed off. I mean his wife has formed an extremely inappropriate relationship with her student, I would be horrified personally. He’s probably the reason she’s upset, also maybe the fact she “broke up with” Clare. My problem with the short; I wish Miss Larson had more screen time. We barely know her, you know

  • @scales57
    @scales57 Рік тому +10

    folks, what it is, is this: the woman is probably gay or bi-sexual, and is married to this guy. he either knew before they got married or found out afterward. the teacher has probably already had affair(s) and he knows it. the teacher started a relationship with the girl - who knows how far it went - and now wants to end it - hence the numerous txt messages to the teacher that go unresponded. chances are, the husband told his wife that he knows and to end it - hence, the non-response. is he controlling? probably? seems like he knows the 'signs' and is simply telling the girl to go away. he's seen it before, and he'll see it again. in this case, he is right. if people found out about the relationship, the teacher would end up in jail, the girl's life would be affected and maybe even ruined. he gives the girl some good advice, but in the end, he just wants to stay married to the teacher - in the end, he's basically telling the girl, 'I know, so you'd better stop it if you know what's good for you.'

  • @astreabof9703
    @astreabof9703 Рік тому +34

    In my opinion, nothing really happened. Just the husband has the strong conviction that her wife has fallen in love with that student, basically by the way she talks about her. If anything more happens, being in love is not illegal. The attitude of the husband implies a threatening for the girl... that is illegal. Husband should have talked with her wife. In the vid, teacher doesn't seem in love with the student but she seems very sad. Maybe husband is very jealous.
    The student seems to be in love with the teacher, taking into account all the messages she sent to her, without any answer.. Nothing more.
    But worse of all is the effect husband's talking has on the girl. She enters in a self-destructive phase.
    Really creepy this short...

    • @AmanojakuX
      @AmanojakuX Рік тому +9

      Well, no. He says "if this got out, it wouldn't just affect Mary, it wouldn't be good for you either" meaning there IS something that would have consequences. A simple crush can't be it, since as you said, it's not illegal. But a teacher having a physical relationship with a 17-year-old student (underage in the US) would be.

    • @sarahcarr5275
      @sarahcarr5275 Рік тому +5

      I believe something definitely occurred between Clare and the teacher for Clare to even have the teacher's phone number

  • @joetiger7121
    @joetiger7121 Рік тому +29

    Really complicated and avoids easy answers. Love it

  • @ery7030
    @ery7030 Рік тому +7

    ???? I didn’t understand it. Will someone please explain? 11:32

  • @Unexpectedstorm
    @Unexpectedstorm Рік тому +3

    I absolutely would have loved to watch a part 1 of this.

  • @stevecheevers7337
    @stevecheevers7337 Рік тому +7

    I think it's certainly put out there that Clare and teacher have had some sort of sexual relationship, i like that they don't show you but it's all in the actors actions and in the words. I don't think this is a case of Clare having a simple crush on her teacher. I do think her and teacher have gone beyond that. I wouldn't be overly surprised with the way the husband reacts that this is the first time his wife has played away from home either maybe with other female students or other women.
    I think this isn't the first time her husband has probably had to end one of his wife's affairs cause she hasn't the guts to end it.

  • @TheConstructiveCritic888
    @TheConstructiveCritic888 Рік тому +76

    The problem I have with this film is that the person doing wrong is the wife, but then they find a way to make it where it’s the menacing husband at the end being the bad guy… He’s a victim in this too, just as much as an underaged high school student.

    • @dertigerbauch
      @dertigerbauch Рік тому +9

      That's why I disliked the short. Unnecessary at all.

    • @mayenk.
      @mayenk. Рік тому

      No, he is still a bad guy. Instead of helping the child. He's okay being in bed with a child abuser.

    • @binghamguevara6814
      @binghamguevara6814 Рік тому +2

      @@dertigerbauch you cant see the dislikes anyway.

    • @joetiger7121
      @joetiger7121 Рік тому

      The husband and wife are both trash

    • @micke_mango
      @micke_mango Рік тому +27

      I can't see him as a victim.
      To me, the teacher is stuck in a toxic relationship with an abusive and controlling man.
      I can't really tell what the relationship (if any at all) between Clare and the teacher is all about.
      Clare seems more concerned for the teacher, while the opposite relationship might just be fictional in the husband's jealous mind...

  • @ccosta3249
    @ccosta3249 Рік тому +6

    Now, what was the point of this? The story was not the story. Odd.

  • @enzom7216
    @enzom7216 Рік тому +3

    Why the girl at the beginning singing want to go to Minnesota. Like it’s hell here

  • @virg0_lem0nade
    @virg0_lem0nade Рік тому +37

    very well-made and well-acted!!!!

  • @Jorja_47
    @Jorja_47 7 місяців тому +2

    5:40 a glass of smirnoff is not hard core 😂😂 it’s like 6% or something like what 😂😂

  • @selenem3384
    @selenem3384 Рік тому +11

    8: 45 and now the husband wants to tell the kid about marriage and the teacher wifey just stands there in the background totally oblivious and all innocent

  • @Lgmivwdnglidwttm
    @Lgmivwdnglidwttm Рік тому +4

    I don't understand, wait what ? Why did her husband say that to Claire ?

  • @DesTiny-hk6hd
    @DesTiny-hk6hd Рік тому +7

    This makes me feel so single...any Ugandan here 😊😥lets make history together

  • @sweetbepsycho
    @sweetbepsycho Рік тому +3

    IMO the suitable title for this sort movie is a jealous husband or an insecure husband 🤷‍♀️

  • @HouseOfManx
    @HouseOfManx Рік тому +12

    7 seconds in and I like it already .....lol

  • @Ashlyn_Banner_dogs
    @Ashlyn_Banner_dogs 3 місяці тому

    2:58 lol that’s me listening in😂

  • @GrannyGamer1
    @GrannyGamer1 Рік тому +46

    It's still child abuse.
    He has absolutely no business speaking to the kid.
    A teacher went too far.
    Don't blame the victim.

    • @TheConstructiveCritic888
      @TheConstructiveCritic888 Рік тому +21

      But don’t you think it’s wrong that the wife was the one that broke the law and took advantage of a student… yet, the husband is the bad guy now for trying to find a way to keep the mother of his child out of prison for the family’s sake?? Why are we shifting the hatred towards the husband? He’s a victim in this too.

    • @GrannyGamer1
      @GrannyGamer1 Рік тому +13

      @@TheConstructiveCritic888 he's threatening and shaming a child without consent or knowledge of child's guardian

    • @joetiger7121
      @joetiger7121 Рік тому

      @@TheConstructiveCritic888 They both suck

    • @micke_mango
      @micke_mango Рік тому +11

      What has the teacher actually done with Claire?
      You seem to be assuming this part.
      I only see that the abusive/controlling husband is making this up in his jealous mind.
      And Claire is concerned for the teacher who is clearly unhappy in a toxic relationship

    • @mattylamb9194
      @mattylamb9194 Рік тому +5

      @@micke_mango - it's obvious there was something going on between Claire and the teacher. All the texts, the tears after being told she had to transfer to a different class, etc

  • @PaulosTheGamer
    @PaulosTheGamer Рік тому +6

    fake, CLICK BAIT

  • @trashbotrany7750
    @trashbotrany7750 8 місяців тому +3

    I want more. 🤩😅

  • @joecampitiello3643
    @joecampitiello3643 5 місяців тому +2

    The dialogue is well done it hits on how kids actually talk

  • @photogirlx88
    @photogirlx88 Рік тому +26

    This would have worked better if the best friend they cast wasn’t an actual lesbian. Lol

  • @AllenhopeCabuangAllenski
    @AllenhopeCabuangAllenski 10 місяців тому +1

    I've always had a fantasy having relationship with teacher or instructor its thriller for me.
    😂

  • @1219611a
    @1219611a Рік тому +5

    Very American, no dice

  • @kingpwn4414
    @kingpwn4414 Рік тому +10

    Husband bugging - throw the whole woman away

  • @melodiefrances3898
    @melodiefrances3898 Рік тому +3

    Poorly written.

  • @thecreativepurpleowl
    @thecreativepurpleowl Рік тому +5

    Well that was a bummy beginning of my lesbian short film watching

  • @GD-rd6ig
    @GD-rd6ig 4 місяці тому

    What?

  • @nikobarmuller354
    @nikobarmuller354 Рік тому +4

    What about this is LGBTQ?

  • @jargraroch3000
    @jargraroch3000 Рік тому +1

    muffin n muffin n no stuffin

  • @nishasiva6330
    @nishasiva6330 Рік тому +4

    🤔

  • @themoonisbeautifulisntit7691

    No.

  • @namatendesharon-vm5gj
    @namatendesharon-vm5gj Рік тому +1

    💕

  • @Safespace4all-13
    @Safespace4all-13 4 місяці тому

    Donald Trump is not hot!

  • @Isaiah-me4ic
    @Isaiah-me4ic Рік тому +3

    First.

  • @cynthiajones4332
    @cynthiajones4332 Рік тому +4

    Some truth. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me. Jesus Acts 25:17 Repent and believe today

  • @yemid3904
    @yemid3904 Рік тому +6

    For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. John 3:16 If you are yet be saved please make this confession. Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God, that you died on the cross to rescue me from sin and death and to restore me to the Father. I confess and repent of my sins. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. I give myself to you in Jesus name. Amen Welcome into the family of God.

  • @LeeinHinkley
    @LeeinHinkley Рік тому +1

    This stuff happens all the time. Actually seen it before. Love is not something that you can control. Age is just number 😊

  • @povyourdogfoodbadvideos4694
    @povyourdogfoodbadvideos4694 Рік тому +1

    We devolved...