Really cute, believable story with a pleasant message. Easy to watch. An everyday kid has a crush on his teacher. He's honest and likeable and so are the others in this short film. It moves quickly but the storyline is clear and leaves you with a good feeling in the end. Kids can relate to the early feeling of "liking" someone at school. There are no innuendos or inappropriate behavior. The kids act like kids; dad is helpful; young adults act as they do. Good production values. Background music works well. Characters are easy to grasp. Our juror commented on how much she enjoyed the film, even to the point of feeling teary at the end. There is a great daydream sequence when Cesar realizes that the teacher thinks another teacher gave her the rose he had brought her. Overall, it's well worth watching.
Cesar has a very innocent crush on his teacher, who in turn has a very adult interest in The Principal; proving again that love can be a complex mystical abstraction.
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