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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