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The Penguin Lessons
"The Penguin Lessons" is a 2024 comedy-drama film directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce, based on the bestselling memoir by former teacher Tom Michell.
Tom, played by Coogan, takes a job in Peronist Argentina in 1976, teaching English at a stuffy private school for the sons of wealthy Argentinians and expatriates. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. On a holiday to Uruguay, he rescues a penguin from an oil slick on the beach and finds himself responsible for this bedraggled bird. He ends up smuggling it back to Argentina with him where it becomes the unhappy and lonely man’s feathered friend and his life is turned upside-down.
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