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IZLAIDUMA GADS

THE LESSON

By Andris GAUJA

First film - Completed 2014

An idealistic teacher tries to overcome her students' resistance and get close to her class - but she goes too far...

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- First film
- Countries
- LATVIA
- Languages
- LATVIAN
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 109 mn
- Director(s)
- Andris GAUJA
- Writer(s)
- Lauris GUNDARS, Andris GAUJA
- Cast
- Inga ALSINA-LASMANE, Marcis KLATENBERGS, Ieva APINE, Gatis GAGA, Edgars SILINS, Andrey SMOLAKOV
- Producer(s)
- Guna STAHOVSKA (Mojo Raiser Production), Andris GAUJA (Riverbed)
- Synopsis
- The Lesson tells the story of Zane, a devoted teacher mentoring the senior class in a Latvian high school. She tries to live her life in the most meaningful way possible. She takes her mission as a teacher seriously and works hard to help her students develop their talents. Even so, as for many younger teachers, it's hard for Zane to keep her distance from her class -- the students soon become a sort of family for her. When she realizes she's falling in love with one of them, the others start to feel left out. She faces a stark choice between her personal happiness and the pressures of society.