Detachment (2011)

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 as Henry Barthes
• Marcia Gay Harden as Principal Carol Dearden
• James Caan as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
• Christina Hendricks as Ms. Sarah Madison
• Lucy Liu as Dr. Doris Parker
• Blythe Danner as Ms. Perkins
• Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Wiatt
• William L. Petersen as Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
• Bryan Cranston as Mr. Dearden
• Sami Gayle as Erica

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