The Penguin Lessons is a 2024 comedy-drama film starring Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce. Directed by Peter Cattaneo, it is based on the 2015 memoir of the same name by Tom Michell. The film's story is inspired by true events.
Disillusioned teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) gets a job teaching English and Rugby in a school for rich kids in Buenos Aires. It’s 1976 and Argentina is controlled by a military dictatorship, but Tom is more interested in spending time on the beach than in either his pupils or the political situation. During a weekend trip to Uruguay he rescues an orphaned penguin and smuggles it back into the school, little suspecting that this is the beginning of a personal and political awakening.
Doors: 7:00pm
Trailers: 7:30pm
Feature: 7:45pm
Tickets on the door @ £5
We are not selling tickets online for this event due to a significant increase in the fees levied by the providers and while film nights at The Hilt are supported by low numbers we are trying to minimise our losses.
Bring your own refreshments, Ices on sale in the short interval.
Movies @ The Hilt is a relaxed comunity cinema where we show a recent movie and we try to give the audience the chance to select the upcoming titles. We dont operate a bar, but feel free to bring your own refreshments. We stop the film at some point for a short interval to give people the chance to have a few minutes natter and stretch their legs. We usually have ice creams on sale in the interval.