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The Lesson

Урок

2014 · 111 min · Drama

An upright small-town schoolteacher who lectures her pupils about honesty is pushed toward the unthinkable when a debt spirals out of control and threatens to cost her family everything. A tense moral drama.

Why it’s here

A Bulgarian moral thriller about work, debt, and everyday corruption.

Runtime

111 min

Genre

Drama

Mood

thoughtful · dark

Entry

some context

Best for

character-driven drama

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive