Detachment

March. 16,2012      NR
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Adrien Brody as  Henry Barthes
Sami Gayle as  Erica
Christina Hendricks as  Ms. Sarah Madison
Louis Zorich as  Grampa
Betty Kaye as  Meredith
James Caan as  Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Lucy Liu as  Dr. Parker
Marcia Gay Harden as  Principal Carol Dearden
Blythe Danner as  Ms. Perkins
Tim Blake Nelson as  Mr. Wiatt

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