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Bulgaria / Greece · 2014 · 105 min.

The Lesson

IMDb

A young schoolteacher is determined to find the thief among her students. But as the pressure mounts at school, her personal life reaches a breaking point — debts threaten to take away her family's home. She is faced with a moral dilemma: to compromise her principles, or lose everything.

Credits
Direction
Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Screenplay
Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Cast
Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivan Savov, Ivanka Bratoeva, Andrea Todorova
Director of Photography
Krum Rodriguez
Production Design
Vanina Geleva
Sound Design
Ivan Andreev, Tsvetelina Tsvetkova
Producer
Abraxas Film
Co-producers
Graal Films, Little Wing, Screening Emotions
Sales
Wide Management
Festivals and Awards
World Premiere – San Sebastián International Film Festival – Kutxa-New Directors Award
LUX Prize of the European Parliament – Nominee
Tokyo International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize
Warsaw International Film Festival – 1-2 Award
Göteborg Film Festival – Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award
Angers European First Film Festival – Best Actress
Bulgarian Film Academy Awards – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Production Design
Duhok International Film Festival – Best 1st or 2nd Film
Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival – Accredited Journalists’ Award, Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics, Special Award of the City of Varna
Golden Linden International Film Festival – Best Film, Best Actress
Luxembourg City Film Festival – Grand Prix
Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” – Golden Listapad for Best Film
Sofia International Film Festival – Best Bulgarian Film, Audience Award (Balkan Competition), FIPRESCI Award, Sofia City of Film Award
Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Bronze Alexander Special Jury Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay
Transilvania International Film Festival – Best Director, Best Actress
Vilnius International Film Festival – Best Actress
La Orquídea Cuenca International Film Festival – Best Film
Kyiv Molodist International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Award
Monterrey International Film Festival – Best Film