Corrections Class

Corrections Class

2014 · 98 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama

Lena is a bright, disabled girl who, after years spent studying at home, is keen to get back to school. She is assigned to a special class for disabled pupils who have to present themselves before a school commission at the end of the year in order to prove that they merit being moved back into a "normal" class. Her enervated teachers, however, show absolutely no desire to motivate the students and help them improve; on the contrary, they try to quash right from the start any interest Lena shows in more complex study material. Nevertheless, Lena soon involves herself in the school routine and gets together with classmate Anton. Yet their transparent happiness is not to everyone's liking and repercussions soon follow.

Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky · Written by Ivan I. Tverdovsky

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Mariya Poezzhaeva Lena Chekhova
Philipp Avdeev Anton Sobolev
Nikita Kukushkin Mishka
Artyom Markaryan Mitka
Natalya Pavlenkova Svetlana Viktorovna, Lena's Mother
Irina Vilkova Lyudmila Nikolaevna
Olga Lapshina Polina Soboleva
Elena Nesterova Math Teacher
Yuliya Serina Vitka
Natalia Domeretskaya Tereza Kuznetsova, School Principal
Olga Roslova Biology Teacher
Sergey Ivanuk Police Officer

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