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22/05/2014 Comedy, Drama, Romance 1h 51m
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Is a man worth more than his words, a woman worth more than her pictures?

Overview

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

  1. Fred Schepisi

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Clive Owen

    Jack Marcus

  2. Juliette Binoche

    Dina Delsanto

  3. Bruce Davison

    Walt

  4. Adam DiMarco

    Swint

  5. Valerie Tian

    Emily

  6. Navid Negahban

    Rashid

  7. Amy Brenneman

    Elspeth

  8. Keegan Connor Tracy

    Ellen

  9. Andrew McIlroy

    Roy Loden

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Reviews

A review by furious_iz
Written by furious_iz on 2018-01-30
Clive Owen is a barely functioning alcoholic English teacher at a small upscale prep school, who has lost his passion for writing and teaching. He's circling the drain of life, his job and his family relationships are hanging by a thread. But he is still passionate about the written word and the English language even if he is having trouble connecting with most of his students

Enter Juliette Binoche as a well known and successful painter with a frosty temperament, who is suffering from severe rheumatoid arthritis and has taken a teaching position at the small school. An instant antagonis...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$3,346,257.00

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