Language Lessons
Director: Natalie Morales
Script: Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass
Producers: Mel Eslyn, Will Dowsett, Ashley Edouard
Cast: Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry
USA, 2021, 91 min, English and Spanish with Hebrew subtitles
Festivals & Awards:
Berlin International Film Festival 2021
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 2021 – Honorable Mention Best First Feature
SXSW Film Festival 2021 – Audience Award Narrative Spotlight
Provincetown International Film Festival 2021 – Audience Award Best Narrative Feature
Outfest Los Angeles 2021
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2021
BFI London Film Festival 2021
Debut film by the bisexual actress Natalie Morales (“Parks and Recreation”, “Santa Clarita diet”, “Dead to me”).
When Adam’s husband surprises him with virtual weekly Spanish lessons, Adam isn’t sure how or where this new element will fit in his routine. But when an unexpected tragedy turns his life upside down, Adam decides to stick with the lessons, and develops a complex emotional connection with his Spanish teacher, Cariño. But can you really know a person just by sharing a traumatic experience with them?
This is the second collaboration between director/actress Natalie Morales and director/actor Mark Duplass (“The morning show”). The two worked together on the HBO show “Room 104” that Duplass produced and Morales directed two episodes. The two manage to create a heartwarming comic drama, depicting a virtual relationship between a teacher and a student half the world away.
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