Urok

In a small Bulgarian town, Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the thief in her class so she can teach him or her a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets into debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself? What makes a decent human being become a criminal?

"The Lesson is the first film in a trilogy, and we hope to shoot the second feature in 2015 or 2016. [...] We will continue to work together because we enjoy it and it is much more fun. We feel freer in a way, and that makes us feel more daring. We don't think: ‘Oh my God, it's all dependent on me! What if I make a mistake?' We both know that if one of us goes too far, the other will be there to make things right. We know that if one of us is hesitant, the other will boost his or her confidence, and that if you start drowning, there is someone there to pull you out. If you have a beautiful idea, the other one is always there to help you develop it. If the idea sucks, there is someone there to reject it." [Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov, in an interview with Stefan Dobroiu on Cineuropa.org]