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Notes on a Scandal
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
2006 · Directed by Richard Eyre · 92 min · Drama · Romance · 9 frames
Tagline
One woman's mistake is another's opportunity.
Crew
- Screenplay: Patrick Marber
- Cinematography: Chris Menges
- Edited by: John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen
- Music: Philip Glass
- Production design: Tim Hatley
- Produced by: Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
Cast
- Judi Dench as Barbara Covett
- Cate Blanchett as Sheba Hart
- Bill Nighy as Richard Hart
- Andrew Simpson as Steven Connolly
- Phil Davis as Brian Bangs
- Michael Maloney as Sandy Pabblem
- Juno Temple as Polly Hart
- Max Lewis as Ben Hart
- Joanna Scanlan as Sue Hodge
- Julia McKenzie as Marjorie
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films, UK Film Council, BBC Film
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $49,814,392
- Themes: adultery, infidelity, friendship, based on novel or book, obsession, blackmail, seduction, stalker, teacher, love
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