The Penguin Lessons

From the director of The Full Monty, this bird-out-of-water tale of an Englishman abroad is a drama that’ll waddle its way into your heart.

Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) is a teacher in an elite private school in Buenos Aires, having left England under a cloud. Argentina is in the grip of a military dictatorship, but Michell and his colleagues believe they can remain detached. On a bender in Uruguay, Tom rescues a penguin from an oil slick to impress a love interest, which sparks a chain of events that’ll see him break out of his reserve. Steve Coogan impresses both in comedy and tragedy in this drama based on the bestselling memoir.