OBS! Visningen den 13 juni är med tyskt tal och engelsk text. “What happens in the staff room stays in the staff room,” says Carla Nowak in an interview with the school newspaper. Even if that is purely wishful thinking for the teacher at this point. This is her first job, and she is committed to teaching mathematics and physical education to her class of seventh graders. Things are going well and she is able to motivate these adolescents. Then a series of thefts occur at school and one of her students is quickly suspected. An outraged Carla decides to get to the bottom of the matter herself, but the case is not so easy to solve and has repercussions. Quickly decried as idealistic by the rest of the staff, Carla finds herself having to answer to angry parents and mediate between quarrelling students. The more she tries to do everything right, the more she – and others – are pushed to their limits, and the entire school system is thrown off balance. [Film info from Berlinale - Panorama section] Carla är en ambitiös ung lärare vars elev på fördomsfulla grunder anklagas för stöld. Hon har dock andra misstankar och bestämmer sig för att göra en egen utredning. Det blir ett ödesdigert beslut som vänder elever, föräldrar och lärare emot henne.