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NR,1hr 40min
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March 16, 2012
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Tribeca Films
Synopsis: An educator and the school where he works are both on the verge of collapse in this hard-hitting drama from director Tony Kaye. Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody) is a gifted teacher whose psyche has been taking a beating -- he still bears emotional scars from his mother's drunken tirades while he was a child, and he's been forced to look after his grandfather (Louis Zorich) as he dies a slow, painful death. Henry has become a substitute teacher rather than fully commit himself to his students, but his ... Full Synopsis
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It is the greatest biblio-climax of any film since "Fahrenheit 451," although Truffaut's prayer was that reading might yet survive calamity and carry the torch of the civilized. Detachment snufffs out that faith; books it warns us, are the first thing to go. [19 March 2012, p.91] Read Review
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Featured Cast
, Henry Barthes
, Dearden
, Mr. Charles Seaboldt , Mr. Seabolt
Dr. Doris Parker , Dr. Parker ,
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