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The Penguin Lessons
In cinemas 17 March 2025 · 108 cinemas · Free tickets
Key facts
Dates 17 March 2025
Where 108 cinemas, 100 towns
Tickets Free
Running time 112 minutes
Certificate 12A
Booking link escapes.cinematik.app/events/the-penguin-lessons-2025-03-17
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The Penguin Lessons comes to Abbeygate Cinema, Bury St Edmunds. Mon 17 Mar. Free tickets. Book: https://escapes.cinematik.app/book/the-penguin-lessons-abbeygate-cinema-ltd-abbeygate-cinema
Listing, short
Based on a true story In cinemas 17 March 2025. https://escapes.cinematik.app/events/the-penguin-lessons-2025-03-17
Listing, full
Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down. Director: Peter Cattaneo Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Steve Coogan, Vivian El Jaber, Björn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, David Herrero, Micaela Breque, Tomás Pozzi, Ramiro Blas, Juan Barreiro, Aimar Miranda Certificate: 12A Running time: 112 minutes In cinemas 17 March 2025. https://escapes.cinematik.app/events/the-penguin-lessons-2025-03-17
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Showing 108 of 108 cinemas, one row per cinema
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| Abbeygate Cinema Bury St Edmunds Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| ActOne Cinema London Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Birks Cinema ABERFELDY Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Brunswick Moviebowl Londonderry Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Brynamman Cinema Ammanford Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Capitol Bodmin Bodmin Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Cinebowl iSkate Uttoxeter Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Commodore Cinema Aberystwyth Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| David Lean Cinema Croydon Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Dominion Cinema Edinburgh Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Eden Court Inverness Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Electric Picture House Cinema Wotton-under-Edge Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Embassy Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Fakenham Central Cinema FAKENHAM Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Forum Cinema Hexham Northumberland Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Genesis Cinema London Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Grosvenor Picture Theatre Glasgow Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Gwyn Hall Neath Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| HOME Manchester Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Junction Goole Goole Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Kavanagh Cinema Herne Bay Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Kings Kingsbridge Kingsbridge Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Lanternhouse Cinema Cumbernauld Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Las Port Righ Portree Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Lonsdale Alhambra Cinema PENRITH Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Lonsdale Annan Cinema ANNAN Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Macrobert Arts Centre Stirling Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| MAJESTIC CINEMA King's Lynn Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Memo Arts Centre Barry Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Merlin Thurso Thurso Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| New Carlton Okehampton Okehampton Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| New Central Torquay Torquay Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Newlyn Filmhouse Newlyn Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Nova Cinema Woking Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Birmingham Great Park Birmingham Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Derry Londonderry Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Dundonald Belfast Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Glasgow Clydebank Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex High Wycombe High Wycombe Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Ipswich Ipswich Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Newry Newry Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Omagh Omagh Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Sunderland Sunderland Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Omniplex Sutton Sutton Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Palace Cinema Haverfordwest HAVERFORDWEST Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Parkway Cinema Beverley Beverley Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Parkway Cinema Cleethorpes Cleethorpes Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Parkway Cinema Workington Workington Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Phoenix Cinema London Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Phoenix Falmouth Falmouth Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Playhouse Cinema Louth Louth Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Plaza Cinema Weston-Super-Mare Somerset Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Plaza Cinema, Truro Truro Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Plymouth Arts Cinema Plymouth Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL BLACKBURN BLACKBURN Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL BOREHAMWOOD BOREHAMWOOD Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL BURNLEY BURNLEY Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL CHIPPENHAM CHIPPENHAM Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL CHORLEY CHORLEY Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL FAREHAM FAREHAM Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL FARNHAM FARNHAM Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL HULL HULL Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL MORECAMBE MORECAMBE Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Reel Port Talbot Port Talbot Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL QUINTON HALESOWEN Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL ROCHDALE ROCHDALE Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL WAKEFIELD WAKEFIELD Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| REEL WIDNES WIDNES Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Regal Movieplex Cromer Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Regal Redruth Redruth Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Rheged Penrith Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Rio Cinema Burnham-on-Crouch Burnham-on-Crouch Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinema Boston Boston Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinema Catterick Catterick Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinema Doncaster Doncaster Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinema Grantham Grantham Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinema Worksop Worksop Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinemas Corby Corby Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Cinemas Nottingham Nottingham Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Savoy Penzance Penzance Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Scott Cinema Bridgwater Bridgwater Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Sherborne Cinema Gloucester Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Showroom Cinema Sheffield Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Station Cinema Richmond Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Storyhouse Chester Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Bonington Theatre & Cinema Nottingham Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Chiswick Cinema London Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Cinema in the Power Station London Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Hyde Park Picture House Leeds Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Island Cinema St Annes Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Kinema In The Woods Woodhall Spa Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Light Bolton Bolton Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Light New Brighton New Brighton Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Light Wisbech Wisbech Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Loewen Cinema Mablethorpe Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Montrose Playhouse Montrose Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Phoenix Cinema Kirkwall Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Regal Stowmarket Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| The Silver Screen Cinema Folkestone Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Theatr Gwaun Fishguard Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Tyneside Cinema Newcastle Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Warwick Arts Centre Coventry Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Waterfront Cinema GREENOCK Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Watershed Bristol Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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| Zeffirellis Ambleside Mon 17 Mar | Mon 17 Mar |
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About the film
Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.
- Director
- Peter Cattaneo
- Cast
- Jonathan Pryce, Steve Coogan, Vivian El Jaber, Björn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, David Herrero, Micaela Breque, Tomás Pozzi, Ramiro Blas, Juan Barreiro, Aimar Miranda
- Cert
- 12A
- Runtime
- 112 minutes
About Escapes
This event is part of Escapes, a new offering that gives you the chance to get down to your local cinema for free! Supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery Good Cause funding.
Press contact
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Escapes and Cinematik handle press for these screenings only. For the wider release, contact Lionsgate Films UK.