Project Detail

The Lesson

Synopsis

Fin and Joel are two teenage wasters running wild in an arid rural landscape. But their bad education is about to take a turn for the intellectual best as someone at the end of their tether has decided to teach both schoolboys a lesson they will never forget.

Details

Year
2015
Type of film
Features
Running time
98 mins
Director
Ruth Platt 1st Feature
Producer
Darko Stavrik
Editor
Jamie Mckivitt
Screenwriter
Ruth Platt
Director of Photography
Oskar Kudlacik
Production Designer
Martin Pryca
Principal cast
Evan Bendall, Rory Coltart, Robert Hands, Joshua Wedge, Michaela Prchalová

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