The English Lesson
Not only will computers rob us of our dignity, but also our very core.
2016 | 20m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Paul Herbert |
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| Writer: | Paul Herbert |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 16, 2016 |
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| Director: | Paul Herbert |
| Writer: | Paul Herbert |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Production Companies | Blue John Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $5,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 11, 2024 Entered: Jul 12, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tim Hayward | Virgil |
| Laila Rose Bouromane | Marie |
| John Gannon | Bob Mangle |
| Tommie Grabiec | Butch |
| Gabriel Gambetta | Mateo |
| Adi Loya | Angela |
| Claudie Nedelec | Ms. Clark |
| Anna Cornish | Alice |
| Rhys Whiteside | Frank |
| Sandro Fasolo | Teacher |
| Alejandra Costa Alvarez | Alexandra (Girl in Street) |
| Paul Herbert | Man in Street |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| C.J. Lazaretti | Editor |
| Paul Herbert | Director, Writer |
| Alina Morar | Costume Designer |
| Peter Panoa | Director of Photography |
| Riika Lievonen | Makeup Artist |
| Elias Katsoufis | First Assistant Director |
| Anne Bouromane | Set Designer |
| Shahnaze Faneker | Assistant Set Designer |
| Mine Mahmutoglu | Runner Art Department, Assistant Set Designer |
| Rob Maloney | Sound Recordist |
| Aravind Sundar | Sound Designer |
| Julian Bivol | First Assistant Camera |
| Nick Ng | Gaffer |
| Seamus Cogan | Colorist |
| Name | Title |
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| Su Hou | Associate Producer |
| Paul Herbert | Producer |
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