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Detachment is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tony Kaye released in USA on 25 april 2011 with Adrien Brody
Detachment (2011)
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Add to a movie listDetachment is a 2011 American drama film about the high school education system directed by Tony Kaye, starring Adrien Brody with an ensemble supporting cast.
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Detachment is a chronicle of one month in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody). Barthes' method of imparting vital knowledge to his temporary students is interrupted by the arrival of three women in his life — the damaged and naive prostitute Erica (Sami Gayle), a fellow teacher (Christina Hendricks) and a troubled teen named Meredith (Betty Kaye). These women all have profound effects on Barthes' life, forcing him to both re-discover aspects of his own personality, and to come to terms with both the tragic suicide of his mother and the impending death of his grandfather. The film is punctuated with flashbacks of scenes of Barthes' young childhood and his mother's suicide.Actors
Adrien Brody
(Henry Barthes)
Marcia Gay Harden
(Principal Carol Dearden)
Christina Hendricks
(Ms. Sarah Madison)
William Petersen
(Mr. Sarge Kepler)
Bryan Cranston
(Richard Dearden)
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