The Lesson (Urok)

2014
Bulgaria / Greece
1h 45min

Directed by: Kristina Grozeva/Petar Valchanov
Cast: Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov
Language: Bulgarian/English
UK release: 4 December 2015

Nadezhda (Gosheva) is a schoolteacher who vows to find out who has been stealing money in her class, but as she realises how desperate her own financial situation has become, she resorts to drastic measures. Gosheva has won several well-deserved awards in this impressive debut from co-directors and writers Grozeva and Valchanov.

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The Lesson

30 Nov 2015

Gripping Bulgarian drama featuring a stand-out performance from Margita Gosheva

The moral high ground is a place to claim at your peril in The Lesson (Urok), a quietly compelling Bulgarian drama that views the age of austerity through the tragic dilemmas of one victim. There are clear echoes of the Dardenne brothers' Two Days, One…

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