The Lesson

Nadezhda is a high school English teacher near Sofia who also works as a translator to earn extra cash. Stunned by a theft reported by one of her students she is determined to find the culprit and punish him. As events unravel at work, her personal life changes drastically. A bailiff notifies her that the bank is about to seize her house and put it up for 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.