The Lesson is a 2023 British psychological thriller film written by Alex MacKeith, directed by Alice Troughton and starring Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy and Daryl McCormack.

In the way that the movie is structured, it is similar to a play: there are only five key characters and almost the entire story takes place in one location.

The story is centred on the interaction between the four main characters: an Oxford student employed as a tutor by a wealthy family living in a mansion in the countryside; the teenage son who will be tutored by the Oxford student; and, finally, the son’s parents, who are a famous British writer and his French wife, an artist.

The main story begins after Liam is asked what inspired to write the novel, which is about a declining and failing patriarch who tries to reassert control over his family and career.

Through a tuition agency, he is offered an assignment with a wealthy family, whose son, Bertie, needs a tutor to prepare for the university's entrance exam.

Liam learns that Bertie’s brother, Felix, committed suicide relatively recently, drowning himself in the pond in front of the Sinclairs' villa.

The topic is taboo in the household, as Felix’s death has clearly affected deeply all the remaining members of the family.

treats him with undisguised contempt, telling the young man that he cannot possibly have any talent for writing and should focus on a teaching career instead.

When Liam demands to be credited for writing the new ending, she threatens to accuse him of murdering the writer if he doesn't drop the claim and leave the estate immediately.

Realising that Hélène engineered this whole situation in order to trigger her husband's death, Liam agrees.

In May 2022, Bleecker Street acquired United States distribution rights to the then titled film, The Tutor.

The website's consensus reads: "Even if it isn't always quite as clever as it seems to think it is, sharp performances from an outrageously talented cast make The Lesson worth learning.

"[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

[10] Guy Lodge of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Who is writing what, and to what extent it matters, are the questions that keep director Alice Troughton and screenwriter Alex MacKeith’s mutual debut feature interesting, even as it slides into occasional, overheated cliché.

"[11] Caryn James of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a very positive review, citing "a clever script that keeps us off guard, the setting of a gracious country estate whose sumptuous visuals mask a dark undercurrent, and a score that entices us into an increasingly unsettling world..."[12]