
The Penguin Lessons (2024)
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- PG-13
- 1h 51min
- Drama
- 28 Mar 2025 (USA)
- Movie
A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from the beach.
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Bruno Blas | ... |
Armed Guard
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Steve Coogan | ... |
Tom
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Julia Fossi | ... |
Anna
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Jonathan Pryce | ... |
Headmaster Buckle
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Vivian El Jaber | ... |
Maria
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David Herrero | ... |
Diego
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Björn Gustafsson | ... |
Tapio
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Brendan McNamee | ... |
Cooper
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Joaquín Lopez | ... |
Víctor
(as Joaquin Lopez Dominguez)
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Hugo Fuertes | ... |
Ramiro
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Miguel Alejandro Serrano | ... |
Walter
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Aimar Miranda | ... |
Ernesto
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Nicanor Fernandez | ... |
Igor
(as Nicanor Fernández Montechiarini)
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Gera Maleh | ... |
Santino
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Alfonsina Carrocio | ... |
Sofia
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Francesca Vaccari | ... |
Tango Dancer
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Micaela Breque | ... |
Carina
(as Mica Breque)
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Florencia Nocetti | ... |
Nora
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Romina Cocca | ... |
Woman at Beach Café
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Dodi de Miquel | ... |
Man at Beach Café
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Juan M. Barreiro | ... |
Uruguayan Police Officer
(as Juan Manuel Barreiro)
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Osvaldo Ayre | ... |
Customs Officer
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Tomás Pozzi | ... |
Bursar
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Silvia de Esteban | ... |
Clothes Shop Owner
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Ramiro Blas | ... |
Márquez
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Liam Mayne | ... |
Alejandro
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Julián Galli Guillén | ... |
Soldier at Zoo
(as Julian Galli Guillen)
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Ailén Maciel | ... |
Zoo Keeper
(as Ailen Maciel)
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Ana Carolina Parisi | ... |
Therese
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Josefina Montserrat | ... |
Edita
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Directed by
Peter Cattaneo |
Written by
Jeff Pope | ... | (screenplay by) |
Tom Michell | ... | (based on the book by) |
Produced by
Rory Aitken | ... | producer |
Marie-Claire Benson | ... | executive producer |
Emma Berkofsky | ... | executive producer |
Agustin Ortiz Byrne | ... | line producer: Argentina (as Agustín Ortiz Byrne) |
Mariano Alvarez Casado | ... | line producer: Argentina |
Peter Cattaneo | ... | executive producer |
Steve Coogan | ... | executive producer |
Victoria Denman | ... | executive producer |
Antoine Forferre | ... | executive producer |
Majo Garófali | ... | line producer: Uruguay (as Majo Garofali) |
Adrián Guerra | ... | producer (as Adrian Guerra) |
Francesca Horsfield | ... | executive producer |
Gordon Horsfield | ... | executive producer |
Joshua Horsfield | ... | executive producer |
Elizabeth Kormanova | ... | executive producer |
Lluís Malet | ... | line producer (as Lluís Malet Molas) |
Richard Mansell | ... | executive producer |
Flora Fernández Marengo | ... | executive producer: for Labhouse Films |
Henry Maxey | ... | executive producer |
Israel Mendoza | ... | line producer: Nostromo Pictures |
Tom Michell | ... | executive producer |
Andrew Noble | ... | producer (as Andy Noble) |
Jeff Pope | ... | executive producer |
Ben Pugh | ... | producer |
Thorsten Schumacher | ... | executive producer |
Camilla Seligman | ... | executive producer |
Claire Taylor | ... | executive producer |
Josh Varney | ... | executive producer |
Nia Vazirani | ... | executive producer |
Robert Walak | ... | producer |
Orlando Wood | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Federico Jusid |
Cinematography by
Xavi Giménez |
Editing by
Robin Peters |
Editorial Department
Quique Cañadas | ... | Color by |
Carlos de Havilland | ... | assistant editor |
Gabriel Estelrich | ... | assistant editor |
Esmé Hill | ... | assistant editor |
Guillermo Lorenzana Torns | ... | assistant editor |
Laura Martín Campo | ... | on-line editor |
Marina Rof | ... | assistant editor |
Víctor Donaire | ... | data management (uncredited) |
Casting By
Sarah Crowe | ||
Alejandro Gil |
Production Design by
Isona Rigau |
Art Direction by
Víctor Santacana |
Set Decoration by
Andrea Seoane |
Costume Design by
Alberto Valcárcel |
Makeup Department
Caitlin Acheson | ... | makeup designer |
Eva Casanova | ... | hair and makeup assistant (as Eva Casanova Guerra) |
Eva Fernández | ... | hair stylist |
Inoni Gatell | ... | hair and makeup assistant |
Sophie Harmon | ... | hair and makeup artist: Jonathan Pryce |
Benjamín Pérez | ... | hair designer |
Production Management
Saskia Gigi Duff | ... | production executive |
Bet Rasquí | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Judit Costa | ... | AD Floor Runner |
Marta Díaz | ... | third assistant director |
Ona Jané i Millà | ... | third assistant director |
Ruben Jimenez | ... | crowd assistant director: dailies |
Guillem Manzanares | ... | second assistant director / second unit first assistant director |
Alberto Pérez-Mora | ... | Additional third assistant director |
Lara Rivas | ... | key 2nd assistant director |
Rafael Sastre | ... | additional second assistant director / additional third assistant director |
Felipe Sigala | ... | trainee assistant director |
Laia Vidal | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
Temple Clark | ... | storyboard artist |
Markus Donhauser | ... | scenic painter |
Celia 'Cheli' Escribano Colmena | ... | Construction: painter, sculptor and wallpaperer |
Fanny Espinet | ... | Dressing props |
Lorenzo Fatatis | ... | set dresser: art department |
David Faüchs | ... | Dressing props |
Judit Ferrer | ... | property master |
Nio Martínez | ... | set dresser |
Silvia Merino | ... | production buyer |
Justina Monserrat | ... | Standby props assistant |
Ángela Peinado | ... | art department coordinator |
Paula Perez Violatto | ... | standby props assistant |
Adriana Perón | ... | Graphic designer: art department |
Jota Rigo | ... | assistant art director: Concept artist and draughtsman |
Aday Ruiz | ... | props rental |
Laureano Tejera | ... | set dresser |
Bernat Gómez Lucas | ... | SFX props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jorge Alarcón | ... | dialogue editor |
Miguel Barbosa | ... | foley artist |
Marc Bech | ... | dialogue and foley re-recording mixer |
Ben Carr | ... | adr mixer |
Kevin Carvalho | ... | foley mixer |
Murat Celikkol | ... | adr mixer |
Pol Fernández | ... | boom operator |
Guillem Giró Olivella | ... | sound assistant |
Albert Manera | ... | sound mixer |
Iosu Martínez | ... | sound editor |
Aroa Munuera | ... | sound assistant |
Sarah Romero | ... | sound editor |
Guillem Sancho | ... | boom operator |
Oriol Tarragó | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
Daniel S. Torres | ... | ADR sound recordist: Miguel Alejandro Serrano |
Willy Vila | ... | sound editor |
Special Effects by
Wesley Barnard | ... | special effects supervisor |
Marcin Busko | ... | special effects technician |
Bernat Gómez Lucas | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Lorenzo Basurto | ... | Pipeline Supervisor |
Nestor Benito | ... | Compositing Lead |
Fabio Biondi | ... | DevOps Engineer |
Jorge Rivadeneira Bolaños | ... | CG Lead |
José Espinosa Bolívar | ... | Compositing |
Jose Javier C. Cova | ... | Pipeline Development |
Milena Cañas Álvarez | ... | visual effects producer |
Alba Chaparro Rodríguez-Brusco | ... | production coordinator |
Emilio G. Chivite | ... | Compositing |
Marco Curado | ... | CG Supervisor |
Blau Duran Cabré | ... | on-set vfx data wrangler |
Lionel Estivill | ... | On-Set VFX Supervisor |
Aleksandar Faraguna | ... | Compositing |
Mónica García-Calderón | ... | Compositing |
Ana Garmendia | ... | CG Assistant |
Adrián Sánchez Gimeno | ... | Compositing |
Yaiza González | ... | visual effects editor |
Daniel Gómez Lorenzo | ... | Compositing |
Ivan Jovanovikj | ... | Matchmove |
Erkan Köksoy | ... | Compositing |
Laura López García De Blas | ... | editorial department manager |
Álvaro de Lope López | ... | Compositing |
Jose G. Magide | ... | DevOps Engineer |
Jose Milan | ... | Office Administrator |
Daniel N. Mola | ... | Compositing |
Alejandra Ortiz Vilches | ... | Concept Art / Digital Matte Painter |
Daniel Cañas Peña | ... | Compositing |
Ingrid Pons | ... | Head of Studio |
Dimitrija Popovski | ... | Matchmove Lead |
Nil Prat Gómez | ... | Compositing |
Adrián Pueyo | ... | Head of VFX / On-Set VFX Supervisor |
Celia R. Revert | ... | visual effects editor |
Pol Rica | ... | CG Artist |
Enrique Martín Rodríguez | ... | Compositing |
Marta Romero Girón | ... | Administration Manager |
Javier Sanz Barbero | ... | Compositing |
Yukio Satoh | ... | Head of Technology |
Radhakrishnan Srinivasan | ... | Compositing |
Jorge Sánchez Sánchez | ... | Compositing |
Alba Temiño Quiroga | ... | Compositing |
Paula Tetuan | ... | visual effects editor |
Maria Tortosa | ... | Head of Production |
Ikrame Turqui | ... | Motion Designer |
Dejan Valjak | ... | Matchmove |
Francesco Veroli | ... | Technical Support |
Carlos Zaera | ... | On-Set VFX Supervisor / visual effects supervisor |
Pedro Zuñeda Garrido | ... | Pipeline Development |
Stunts
Renato Camargos | ... | stunt coordinator |
Gloria Di Manca | ... | stunt actor |
Braulio Elio Gutiérrez Medina | ... | stunt performer |
Eduardo Moratilla | ... | stunt performer |
Alejandro Pantany | ... | stunt performer |
Moi Quintana | ... | stunt performer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Sergio Bachiller González | ... | additional electrician |
Enia Balagué | ... | assistant video assist operator |
Francesc Carreras | ... | first assistant camera |
Jordi A. Corrales | ... | D.I.T./Live Color Grading |
Lucía Faraig | ... | still photographer |
Xavier Farré | ... | making of / still photographer (film segments) |
Jano García Prendes | ... | Scuba Cam First Assistant Spain Unit |
Javier González Leonardo | ... | key grip |
Marc González | ... | additional camera operator / director of photography second unit |
Aina Graupera Salicrú | ... | electrician |
Charlie Gray | ... | specials photographer |
Patrik Herchl | ... | board operator |
Judith Iglesias | ... | second assistant camera |
Edu Jiménez | ... | Loader |
Martí Maluquer | ... | gaffer |
Jordi Manchado | ... | camera trainee |
José Ángel Manrique | ... | best boy grip |
Roger Martínez | ... | first assistant camera |
Andy McLeod | ... | camera operator: underwater |
Yaroslav Prokhorov | ... | Ronin 2 technician & grip |
Eduard Pumariega | ... | best boy |
Andrea Resmini | ... | still photographer |
Nicole Rochaix | ... | second assistant camera |
Claudia Rodríguez | ... | Video Assist Operator |
Ramón Sánchez | ... | a camera and steadicam |
Pol Tarrats | ... | first grip |
Sven Vohser | ... | electrician: Canary Islands |
Casting Department
Arnau Jurado | ... | casting assistant |
Thomas Kenny | ... | casting associate |
Xanthe Spencer-Davidson | ... | casting associate |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aliya Akhunova | ... | costume assistant |
Gresham Blake | ... | suits: Steve Coogan |
Laura Francisco | ... | costume assistant |
Beatriz Frutos | ... | assistant costume designer |
Aiora Ganuza | ... | set costumer |
Noelia Moyano | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Ainhoa Viciano | ... | additional crowd costumer |
Location Management
Sara Boero | ... | location assistant |
Erik Ceballos Valdés | ... | assistant location manager (as Eric Ceballos) |
Pablo Colechà | ... | location production assistant |
Xavi Izquierdo | ... | location manager |
Jordi Vendrell | ... | assistant location manager |
Music Department
Claudio Constantini | ... | musician: bandoneon |
Enrico Fallea | ... | Orchestrator |
Liz Gallacher | ... | music supervisor |
Federico Jusid | ... | musician: piano |
Eva Macbell | ... | musician: voices |
Oliver Martín | ... | musician: electric guitar |
Sergio Menem | ... | musician: classical guitar |
Daniel Osiewala | ... | music producer |
Francisco Sokolowicz | ... | additional music / music producer |
Joaquin Sánchez Gil | ... | musician: flutes |
María Ulled | ... | executive music producer |
Transportation Department
Francisco González Leal | ... | driver on set |
John González Mesa | ... | action vehicles coordinator |
Diana Junco | ... | Electrician Truck Driver |
Jordi Nebot | ... | picture vehicles supervisor |
Additional Crew
Andrea Alonso Valles | ... | Set PA |
Fran J. Alonso | ... | Set PA |
Victor Bergadà | ... | Set PA |
Maria Verdu Bertomeu | ... | Assistant to Lead Actor / assistant: Steve Coogan |
Sabrina Brewer | ... | assistant: Joshua Horsfield |
Romina Cocca | ... | dialect coach and translator |
Salvador 'Sammy' Cruz | ... | rugby coach |
Saskia Gigi Duff | ... | Production Executive |
Francisco 'Vasko' Fernández | ... | rugby coach |
Zuleica Gabas | ... | assistant: Steve Coogan, Gran Canaria |
Adrià Gordillo Pi | ... | assistant: Peter Cattaneo |
Noor Husheri | ... | Production Trainee |
Rita Marieges | ... | Cashier |
Simone Caroline A. Mauro | ... | production coordinator |
Ali Moshref | ... | Production Executive: Completion Guarantor |
Esteban Pontoriero | ... | historical consultant (as Dr. Esteban Pontoriero) |
Berta Rivas Alonso | ... | Apoc |
Freddie Robarts | ... | assistant to producer: 42 |
Blair Tieger | ... | assistant: Ben Pugh |
Francesca Vaccari | ... | tango coach |
Àlex Vicente Serra | ... | Key set PA |
Thanks
Miriam Brent | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Nostromo Pictures
- 42
- Aperture Media Partners
- Intake Films (presents)
- Rolling Dice (presents)
Distributors
- Sony Pictures Classics (2024) (United States) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2024) (Japan)
- Cinema Park (2025) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Diamond Films (2025) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Lionsgate (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Mongrel Media (2025) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Paradiso Entertainment (2025) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- TOBIS Film (2025) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Madman Entertainment (2025) (Australia)
- Madman Films (2025) (New Zealand)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2024) (India)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2024) (South Korea)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2024) (Turkey)
Special Effects
- DDT Efectos Especiales (animatronic penguins)
- Orca Studios (visual effects)
Other Companies
- Airmedia 360 (Drone services & aerial cinematography)
- Internacional Saeta (travel agency)
- Ovide (camera equipment provided by)
- Sound Troop (foley studio)
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Taglines | In 1976 Argentina, on the eve of a political revolution, a teacher and his students at an exclusive boys school are enlightened by an unusual guest. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The actor Steve Coogan was 58 when he portrayed Tom Michell. In real life, Michell was only 23 when these events took place. There is a story line about Tom's 13-year-old daughter, which was fabricated for the film. Interestingly, this isn't the first recent penguin film to use this plot device - the 2024 film "My Penguin Friend" also featured a protagonist whose child had died, using this as a way to explain the character's intense attachment to his animal companion. The 19-year-old character Sofia is also a fictional creation of the film. See more » |
Goofs | When walking on the beach before he found the penguin, Tom Michell stepped in a large puddle of oil. When he was kneeling at the side of the bathtub cleaning the penguin, the bottoms of his shoes were pristine. See more » |
Movie Connections | References Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). See more » |
Soundtracks | Avenida de las Camelias See more » |
Quotes |
Tom Michell:
The penguin is not a communist. See more » |