The Penguin Lessons

The Penguin Lessons (2025)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Release date

2025-03-27

Country

Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Nostromo Pictures, 42, Aperture Media Partners, Intake Films, Rolling Dice

Genre

Drama

Budget

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Revenue

$14 229 766

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Director

Peter Cattaneo

Actors

Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber, Björn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, David Herrero, Micaela Breque, Tomás Pozzi, Ramiro Blas, Juan Barreiro
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Scenario

Jeff Pope

Producer

Ben Pugh, Robert Walak, Rory Aitken, Adrián Guerra, Andrew Noble, Steve Coogan, Joshua Horsfield, Elizabeth Kormanova, Richard Mansell, Tom Michell

Operator

Xavi Giménez

Composer

Federico Jusid

Artist

Jota Rigo

Audition

Sarah Crowe, Alejandro Gil

Editing

Robin Peters, Tariq Anwar
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• During filming, actor Steve Coogan, who played Tom, was 58 years old. In reality, the real Tom was only 23 years old at the time. A storyline about Tom's 13-year-old daughter was invented for the film. This is not the first film about penguins to use such a plot device. In 2024, David Schurmann's adventure family drama "My Penguin," starring Jean Reno as a fisherman who lost a child (hence his attachment to the penguin chick), was released. In addition, the screenwriters also invented 19-year-old Sophia.
• The penguin is nicknamed Juan Salvador, which corresponds to the name "Juan Salvador Gaviota," which, in turn, is a Spanish translation of the title of Richard D. Bach's fable "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (1970). It tells the story of a seagull exiled from the flock who devoted himself entirely to the study of flight as an art and way of life and tirelessly perfected the art of flying.
• The penguin is nicknamed Juan Salvador, which corresponds to the name "Juan Salvador Gaviota," which, in turn, is a Spanish translation of the title of Richard D. Bach's fable "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (1970). It tells the story of a seagull exiled from the flock who devoted himself entirely to studying flight as an art and way of life, and tirelessly perfected his flying skills.