The Final Lesson

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The Final Lesson
La Derniere lecon poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Pascale Pouzadoux
Screenplay byPascale Pouzadoux
Laurent de Bartillat
Based onLa Dernière Leçon
by Noëlle Châtelet
Produced by Olivier Delbosc
Marc Missonnier
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire
Marthe Villalonga
CinematographyNicolas Brunet
Edited bySylvie Gadmer
Music byÉric Neveux
Production
company
Fidélité Films
Distributed by Wild Bunch Distribution
Release dates
  • 26 August 2015 (2015-08-26)(Angoulême)
  • 4 November 2015 (2015-11-04)(France)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$1 million [1]

The Final Lesson (French : La Dernière Leçon) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Pascale Pouzadoux and starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Marthe Villalonga. The film is based on the 2004 novel La Dernière Leçon by Noëlle Châtelet. [2] [3]

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  2. "Bande annonce : l'émouvante "Dernière Leçon" de Pascale Pouzadoux". Le Parisien .
  3. "The Final Lesson". Elle Driver.