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The Penguin Lessons

7.1(185)20251h 51m4

In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$14.2M
Language
Spanish
  • 1970s
  • american football coach
  • sarcasm
  • penguin
  • based on true story
  • argentina
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • school teacher
  • dramedy
  • animal human friendship

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

Jeff Pope

Produced in

Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1328 Mar 2025
    • Digital / OTTPG-13Netflix26 Jul 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereManchester Film Festival 14 Mar 2025
    • Theatrical12A18 Apr 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • Digital / OTTM1 Jul 2025
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2024
    • PremiereInternational Film Festival of Ottawa21 Mar 2025
  • American SamoaAS

    • Digital / OTTNetflix25 Jul 2025
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1310 Jul 2025
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1224 Jul 2025
  • ChileCL

    • TheatricalTE+77 Aug 2025
  • ColombiaCO

    • Theatrical10 Jul 2025
  • Dominican RepublicDO

    • Theatrical10 Jul 2025
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical13 Jun 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical624 Apr 2025

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The Penguin Lessons was released on 27 March 2025.

Audience reviews

3
  • B

    Brent Marchant

    3/31/2025

    8/10

    There’s an old expression in show business that advises entertainers not to work with children or animals because they’ll upstage them every time. But, while that’s often true, it’s not always the case, as seen in the latest feature offering from director Peter Cattaneo. This charming comedy-drama tells the fact-based story of English teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan), who somewhat begrudgingly takes an instructor’s…

  • R

    r96sk

    4/18/2025

    8/10

    <em>'The Penguin Lessons'</em> is hearty viewing. Steve Coogan plus penguin is a recipe for success so the films delivers in that respect, I think any movie with a cute little flipper is going to be impossible to dislike. Everything with the penguin is sweet, much with Coogan is funny. It's a really interesting plot, one that is based upon a rather incredible true event. The backdrop of 1970s Argentina adds a fres…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/10/2025

    7/10

    “Tom” (Steve Coogan) is an English teacher who has worked his way around South America becoming a little more cyclical than your average bear when he arrives at a posh school outside Buenos Aires that teaches the sons of the great and the good. It’s run by the ostensibly rather foppish “Timbuck” (Sir Jonathan Pryce) and after his first day he has little enthusiasm for his post. Then, in quick succession, he meets his…

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