''The Lesson'' (, translit. ''Urok'') is a 2014 Bulgarian

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written and directed by

Kristina Grozeva Kristina Yordanova Grozeva () is a Bulgarian filmmaker. She is best known for her feature films '' The Lesson'' (2014), '' Glory'' (2016), '' The Father'' (2019), and '' Triumph'' (2024). Early life and education Kristina Yordanova Grozeva was ...

and Petar Valchanov. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

2014 Toronto International Film Festival The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin (director), David Dobkin's film ''The Judge (2014 film), The Judg ...

Plot

A middle-school teacher with a young daughter has several stresses in her life: one of her students is a petty thief, her father has taken up with a much younger woman after his wife died, and her husband is an unemployed drunkard who has wasted her earnings, supposedly trying to fix a broken-down camper rather than making the mortgage payments on their home. It has all become too much, as the bank is uncooperative, dismissive, and rigid regarding her situation, so she resorts to drastic measures to save her home from foreclosure.

Cast

*Margita Gosheva * Ivan Barnev *Ivanka Bratoeva * *Ivan Savov *Andreya Todorova *Poli Angelova as The Secretary

Release

''The Lesson'' premiered at the

on 4 September 2014 and proceeded to make its rounds at different

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s for another year.

Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. On

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website

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, the film has an 83% rating based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 7.33/10.

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reports a 68 out of 100 rating based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Awards and accolades

''The Lesson'' was one of the three finalists for the 2015 European Parliament LUX Prize.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lesson 2014 drama films 2014 films 2010s Bulgarian-language films Bulgarian drama films Greek drama films