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Detachment

2011 · NR · 1h 38m

Directed by Tony Kaye

7.6

TMDB audience score
2,129 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

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Cast

  • Adrien Brody
    Henry Barthes

  • Marcia Gay Harden
    Principal Carol Dearden

  • James Caan
    Mr. Charles Seaboldt

  • Christina Hendricks
    Ms. Sarah Madison

  • Lucy Liu
    Dr. Doris Parker

  • Blythe Danner
    Ms. Perkins

  • Tim Blake Nelson
    Mr. Wiatt

  • William L. Petersen
    Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler

  • Bryan Cranston
    Mr. Dearden

  • Sami Gayle
    Erica

  • Betty Kaye
    Meredith

  • Louis Zorich
    Grampa

  • Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    Mr. Mathias

  • Chris Papavasiliou
    Dr. Hart

  • Kwoade Cross
    Andy

  • David Hausen
    Angry Dad

  • Roslyn Ruff
    Angry Mother

  • Jerry Walsh
    Cafeteria Worker