Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it will release its dramedy The Penguin Lessons, starring Academy Award nominees Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), in theaters nationwide on March 28.
Based on Tom Michell’s 2016 memoir of the same name, The Penguin Lessons is inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom (Coogan) discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.
World premiering at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, the film is written by BAFTA Award winner Jeff Pope (Stan & Ollie) and directed by Peter Cattaneo, the Oscar nominee behind titles like Military Wives and The Full Monty. Vivian El Jaber (Guapas), Björn Gustafsson (Spy), and Alfonsina Carrocio (Society of the Snow) round out the cast.
