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The Lesson

2016 · 83 min

A gentle, instructive look at school days and first friendships, warm and familiar, with a soft moral heartbeat.

Overview
The film tells about school life, the mutual relations of teenage schoolmates, views on friendship and life, and the formation of these views.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, adventure, drama
Directed by
Javid Tavakkul, Rafik Aliyev
Written by
Anastasiya Volkova, Elza Agayeva
Starring
Tamerlan Aghayev, Aliya Aliyeva, Rashid Aliyev, Ayna Zarbaliyeva, Nazim Ibrahimov, Mansura Ahmadova, Jamal Ibrahimov, Kamal İbrahimov
Music
Tunzala Agayeva
Cinematography
Rauf Gurbanaliyev
Runtime
83 min
Country
Azerbaijan
Languages
Azerbaijani

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