Jonathan Pryce Joins Steve Coogan In Peter Cattaneo & 42’s ‘The Penguin Lessons’; Filming Wraps In Spain With Lionsgate UK Coming Aboard
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) has joined two-time Oscar nominee Steve Coogan in feature drama The Penguin Lessons, which recently wrapped in Spain.
Lionsgate UK has newly boarded the movie as distributor. Two-time Oscar nominee Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) directs for LA and London-based management and production firm 42, with whom he collaborated on Military Wives.
Vivian El Jaber, Bjorn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, Micaela Breque, Tomas Pozzi and Ramiro Blas round out the cast. Based on the successful book of the same name by Tom Michell, the film charts the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976.
Expecting an easy ride, he discovered instead a complicated and divided nation – and a class of practically unteachable young boys.
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