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The Lesson

Label
The Lesson
Language
bul
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Lesson
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by Film Movement in 2014
Runtime
111
Summary
In a small Bulgarian town, Nade is an honest, hard-working elementary school teacher and devoted mother, struggling to keep her life together. Her unemployed, alcoholic husband has secretly spent their mortgage payments on booze, the agency where she translates legal documents for extra cash is going under, and a thief in her class has stolen the last of her money out of her purse. With few options left, Nade turns to a local loan shark for help, but with the reposession of her home looming, she finds herself with little hope. Resorting to measures her former self would have found depraved, Nade attempts one last desperate act to get the money she needs
Technique
live action

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