Detachment(2012)

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Synopsis

A portrait of the American education system as seen through the eyes of Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his students, yet has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a substitute teacher, he conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form an attachment to either students or colleagues. When a new assignment places him at a public school where a frustrated, burned-out administration has created an apathetic student body, Henry quickly becomes a role model as a teacher who actually cares about the well-being of these students. In finding an unlikely emotional connection to the students, teachers, and a runaway teen he takes in from the streets, Henry realizes that he's not alone in his life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world.
A portrait of the American education system as seen through the eyes of Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his students, yet has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a …
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In Theaters

  • March 16, 2012

MPAA Rating

None

Genres

Drama

Run Time

1 hour 37 minutes

Distributors

Tribeca Films

Box Office

$71,177

Director

Tony Kaye

Director

CAST

Adrien Brody

Henry Barthes

James Caan

Mr. Charles Seabolt

Christina Hendricks

Ms. Sarah Madison

Lucy Liu

Dr. Doris Parker

Blythe Danner

Ms. Perkins

Tim Blake Nelson

Mr. Wiatt
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