Movie
Notes on a Scandal
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2006-12-25
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films, UK Film Council, BBC Film, Scott Rudin Productions, Robert Fox Productions, Ingenious Media
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Shaun Parkes as Bill Rumer
- Tom Georgeson as Ted Mawson
Crew
- Richard Eyre - Director
- Patrick Marber - Screenplay
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