When a retired, recently widowed teacher falls prey to a phone scam, she is left robbed of her life savings and without money to pay for her late husband’s grave. Her life turns upside down when she realizes that there’s no way of getting her money back; that is, until she receives an alluring yet suspicious offer of work. The tables turn as she takes matters into her own hands and cash begins rolling in. This time, she claims her most prized attribute, her values, as she slowly but surely transforms from the scammed into the scammer.

In this eerie suspense drama, Stephan Komandarev (DIRECTIONS, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2017) chronicles the journey of a woman caught up in the dog-eat-dog reality of the outside world. BLAGA'S LESSONS recently won the 2023 Crystal Globe for Best Film and Best Actress at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.