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The Lesson

2014 · 111 min

A quietly crushing, naturalistic slide into desperation that tightens like a vice, leaving you tense and heartsick for its stubborn heroine.

Directed by
Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margita Gosheva, Ivanka Bratoeva, Ivan Barnev
Overview
An honest, hard-working schoolteacher in a small Bulgarian town is driven to desperate measures to avoid financial ruin.

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Directed by
Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margita Gosheva, Ivanka Bratoeva, Ivan Barnev
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • morality
  • family
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Written by
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Starring
Margita Gosheva, Ivanka Bratoeva, Ivan Barnev, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivan Savov, Deya Todorova, Poli Angelova, Milena Ilieva
Cinematography
Krum Rodriguez
Runtime
111 min
Country
Bulgaria, Greece
Languages
English, Bulgarian

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