Urok

2014

1 hr. 47 min.

Drama

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83%

23 Reviews

Tomatometer

69%

100+ Ratings

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A hard-working teacher in a small Bulgarian town is driven to desperate measures to avoid financial ruin.

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A very nicely narrated film that, despite its flaws, is absolutely on-point. The protagonist's acting and the direction are both wonderful, its plot is suspenseful and engaging and, finally, it is a story that feels real and successfully avoids melodrama.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Ethics and trials - a great Anima figure for a nation

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Detailed criticism in Turkish language is downlink : http://www.novicinema.com/2017/03/bir-toplumsal-anomi-portresi-urok.html

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Refreshing to see a movie so real and neutral in so many ways. Interesting plot and story line that unfolds on neutral ground. No typical predictable hollywood writing in this movie. I look forward to seeing more from this director.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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A film which generates edge-of-the-seat tension from a seemingly oridnary story. The focus of the film is Nada's efforts to save her house from being repossessed after her husband has failed to repay a loan and as problem follows problem I found my stomach tightening and tightening. The complete lack of 'dramatic' background music added to the realism of the depiction and thus my empathy for the very real human drama being portrayed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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it's good, some forced twists to fit the closing scene, but excellent work with acting, sound and camera

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Kristina Grozeva

Director

Petar Valchanov

Director

Margita Gosheva

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Ivan Barnev

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Ivan Savov

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Stefan Denolyubov

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Gosheva dominates the screen, her expressive face leading us through a minefield of conflicting emotions toward battle-hardened resolve.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 6, 2015

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

The Lesson takes a simple, and hardly extravagant premise and somehow constructs, out of this initial set-up, a gripping, increasingly desperate, and often wildly intense narrative rollercoaster.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 3, 2015

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

There's an awful fascination to this bleak movie from Bulgarian writer-directors Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva, whose feature debut has something of the deadpan drear and social satire of the new Romanian cinema.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 3, 2015

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clarín

The film is a criticism of the system, exploitation, corruption and usury. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 20, 2018

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Jorge Ayala Blanco

El Universal

The feature debut of the Bulgarian directors, Grozeva and Valchanov, is heir to the best Italian post-neorealism. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 20, 2017

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Javier Porta Fouz

La Nación (Argentina)

A film with a coherent audiovisual appearance but abuses of the "the world is horrible" card. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 10, 2016

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Synopsis

A hard-working teacher in a small Bulgarian town is driven to desperate measures to avoid financial ruin.

Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Screenwriter: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Production Co: Abraxas Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Bulgarian
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.3K

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