United Kingdom / Jun 16, 2016
The English Lesson (2016)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Set ten years in the future, Virgil, an English Language Steward (not teacher) works in a school which achieves 100 hundred per cent success rate. Dressed in a red hooded outfit which suggests his low rank, Virgil has been employed to assist the efficient auto-prof: a computerised English instructor. The machine unleashes utilitarian English classes pitched way below its students' levels in order to guarantee passes and maintain the school's reputation. Virgil becomes taken by a student, Marie, who somehow manages to stir him from the drudgery of his apathetic classroom role. He fails one of the student's test in his class and is ordered by his superiors to amend the score if he wishes to keep his position, taking into account the dwindling jobs market. He is bullied, harassed and intimated into complying with a system that is decayed, corrupted and abusive towards its employees.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Anna Cornish | Alice |
| Rhys Whiteside | Frank |
| Sandro Fasolo | Teacher |
| Alejandra Costa Alvarez | Alexandra (Girl in Street) |
| Paul Herbert | Man in Street |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The English Lesson |
| Original language | EN |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Blue John Productions |
| Official site | bluejohnproductions.co.uk |
| Release date | 16 giugno 2016 |
| Production | Su Hou, Paul Herbert |
| Writer | Paul Herbert |
| Editing | C.J. Lazaretti, Seamus Cogan |
| Cinematography | Peter Panoa, Julian Bivol |
| Assistant directors | Elias Katsoufis, Paul Herbert |
| Lighting | Nick Ng |
| Camera operators | Peter Panoa, Julian Bivol |
| Additional photography | Peter Panoa, Julian Bivol |
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| Production design | Anne Bouromane, Shahnaze Faneker, Mine Mahmutoglu |
| Art direction | Anne Bouromane, Shahnaze Faneker, Mine Mahmutoglu |
| Set decoration | Anne Bouromane, Shahnaze Faneker, Mine Mahmutoglu |
| Music | Rob Maloney, Aravind Sundar |
| Sound | Rob Maloney, Aravind Sundar |
| Costume design | Alina Morar, Riika Lievonen |
| Makeup | Riika Lievonen, Alina Morar |
| Hairstyling | Alina Morar, Riika Lievonen |
| Budget | 5000 € |
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