04 Sep 2014
The Lesson
An honest, hard-working schoolteacher in a small Bulgarian town is driven to desperate measures to avoid financial ruin.
The Island
In Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until the day when Sophie tells her partner she has organised a surprise trip to Bulgaria. Daneel refuses to go, but Sophie insists and soon discovers just why her soul mate was so reluctant to set foot in the country...
Top Billed Cast
Laetitia Casta Sophie
Bertille Chabert Lou
Thure Lindhardt Daneel
Rousy Chanev Pavel
Olivier Claverie Simon
Alexander Elenkov Bellboy
John Laskowski Office Colleague
Elli Medeiros Jeanette
Monio Monev 
Михаил Мутафов Ilia
Силвия Петкова Reporter
Petar Popyordanov 
Loïc Risser Office Employee
Daria Simeonova Assistant
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