The Penguin Lessons

About The Penguin Lessons

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.

Peter Cattaneo's The Penguin Lessons is a 2025 drama film. At 111 minutes long, it arrived in March 2025.

Its themes are based on memoir or autobiography, dramedy, argentina, and penguin. The film began as real events.

Steve Coogan appears as Tom Michell, Jonathan Pryce as Headmaster Buckle, Vivian El Jaber as Maria, and Björn Gustafsson as Tapio. The screenplay is by Jeff Pope. It streams on Netflix in the United States.

BlacKkKlansman, Born on the Fourth of July, and The Hurricane make useful companions to The Penguin Lessons, all filed under 1970s. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 183 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.