A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
Director: Tony Kaye
Writer: Carl Lund
Stars: Adrien Brody, Betty Kaye and Marcia Gay Harden
Storyline
Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment. A perfect profession for one seeking to hide out in the open. One day Henry arrives at his next assignment. Upon his entry into this particular school, a secret world of emotion is awakened within him by three women. A girl named Meredith in his first period. A fellow teacher Ms. Madison, and a street hooker named Erica, whom Henry has personally granted brief shelter from the streets. Each one of these women, like Henry, are in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world.
Detachment is quite possibly the most depressing movie I have ever watched. Typically the total downer indie film is a turn off for me even if the acting is great (i.e. Blue Valentine). But, there are exceptions to every rule. This is a really good film. The glimmers of hope and humanity are set against a backdrop of hopelessness that is hard to overcome, but as a viewer you hang in there just like the film's characters. This is not light viewing and there is quite a bit of not so subtle social commentary embedded in the film, but it is worth watching if you are up for it.
Detachment was released through VOD services in advance of its limited theatrical release which is cool to see.
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