Synopsis
In a small Bulgarian town, Nade is an honest, hard-working elementary school teacher struggling to keep her life together. Her unemployed, alcoholic husband has secretly spent their mortgage payements on booze, and now the bank is threatening to auction off the house where they live with their young daughter. The agency where she translates legal documents to English for extra cash is going under and unable to pay her what she's due, and a thief in her class has stolen the last few dollars out of her purse. With few options left, she solicits help from a local loan shark who is happy to give her what she needs at a steep price. With the reposession looming, Nade will resort to measures her former self, untouched by the realities of economic desperation and moral compromise, would have found depraved, as she makes one last extreme effort to secure the money she needs.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $1,801 (19.9% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 5.02 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 31.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/1 max. theaters, 2.0 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $11,556 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,901-17,000) | 16,936 | $9,045 |
| All Time International Box Office (Rank 23,501-23,600) | 23,511 | $19,895 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 30,001-30,100) | 30,087 | $28,940 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 8,001-8,100) | 8,069 | $9,045 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | February 27th, 2015 (Limited) by Film Movement, released as The Lesson |
| International Releases: | December 4th, 2015 (Limited), released as The Lesson (United Kingdom)
March 31st, 2016 (Wide) (Greece) |
| Video Release: | September 1st, 2015 by Film Movement Video, released as The Lesson |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 105 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Life in a Small Town, Money Troubles, Dysfunctional Family, Addiction, Loan Shark, Teachers |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Abraxas Films, Little Wing, Screening Emotions, Graal Films |
| Production Countries: | Bulgaria, Greece |
| Languages: | Bulgarian |