Detachment (2011)

Directed by

Tony Kaye

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 2,033 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A substitute teacher named Henry Barthes connects with troubled students and adults at a struggling high school. He tries to be a positive role model while dealing with his own painful past.

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What happens

Detachment is a 2011 American psychological drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by Carl Lund. Its story follows Henry Barthes, a high-school substitute teacher who becomes a role model to his students and others. It stars Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner and James Caan. Produced by Greg Shapiro, Carl Lund, Bingo Gubelmann, Austin Stark, Benji Kohn, and Chris Papavasiliou, the film was released on March 16, 2012, to mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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