Acclaimed Bulgarian drama The Lesson arrives on UK DVD May 9th from New Wave Films, and we've got three copies to give away to UK readers.
Nadezhda is a high school English teacher near Sofia who also works as a translator to earn extra cash. Stunned by a theft report by one of her students she is determined to find the culprit and punish him. As this episode unravels at work, her personal life changes drastically. A bailiff notifies her that the bank is about to seize her house and put it on auction because of unpaid mortgage payments. Determined to keep her house, she will do everything she can to get the money before it is too late. Her personal and professional life will converge as she wonders, while exhausting all possible options, whether to question the principles she teaches her students.
The winners are:
Leanne Hansell, East Yorkshire
Steven Montgomery, Sheffield
Kirsty Hosty, Spalding
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