The Lesson 2014

Nadezhda is an upstanding schoolteacher who is about to lose her home if she doesn't come up with money for the mortgage. Whether it's because of her drink-fuddled husband, incompetent boss, indifferent students, or uncaring father, Nadezhda's circumstances become increasingly dire as she resorts to more desperate measures. What began as a classroom lesson about morals turns into a dispassionate look into life in austerity-ridden Europe.