Detachment

Year

2011

Runtime

1h 38m

Language

English

Country

United States

Director

Tony Kaye

Starring

• Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes
• Marcia Gay Harden as Principal Carol Dearden
• James Caan as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
• Christina Hendricks as Ms. Sarah Madison

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.