The greatest lessons in the life and the ones learned by heart.
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health reasons', and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His unfaithful wife Laura tries to hurt him in any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and at least regain his own self-esteem.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jan 20257/10
I'm not usually a fan of remakes, especially as the 1951 iteration of this story featuring Michael Redgrave is a powerful piece of drama. Who better, though, than Albert Finney to pick up the mantle and offer us his own interpretation of this curmudgeonly ancient languages master at a public school who is facing retirement? Mike Figgis has updated the Rattigan text to bring it into the 1990s, but the plot remains essentially the same. He is married to a younger women "Laura" (Greta Scacchi) who is a bit fed up with him and quite attracted to "Frank" (Matthew Modine). He's an American who is gradually settling into his new British surroundings' and is conflicted by his extra-martial enthusiast. We know that "Crocker-Harris" (Finney) is aware of his wife's peccadilloes - "Frank" is not the first, and what follows now is a gradual reassessment of his life. A life without a pension, without the respect of his peers, without the appreciation of his pupils, without the love of his wife. Also central to this story is the young "Taplow" (Ben Silverstone) who, alone amongst the student body, has a degree of respect for this teacher. Perhaps it's because he wishes to swap to science next ter
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Cast
- Albert FinneyAndrew Crocker-Harris
- Greta ScacchiLaura Crocker-Harris
- Matthew ModineFrank Hunter
- Julian SandsTom Gilbert
- Michael GambonDr. Frobisher
- Ben SilverstoneTaplow
- Jim SturgessBryant
- Joseph BeattieWilson
- Marc BoltonGrantham
- Tom HavelockGrantham
Crew
- Mike FiggisDirector
- Ronald HarwoodWriter
- Jean-François RobinDirector of Photography
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Hervé SchneidEditor
- Mimi Polk GitlinProducer
- Ridley ScottProducer
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