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| Detachment (2012) |
A portrait of the American education system as seen through the eyes of
Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his
student, yet has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a
substitute teacher, he conveniently avoids any emotional connections by
never staying anywhere long enough to form an attachment to either
students or colleagues. When a new assignment places him at a public
school where a frustrated, burned-out administration has created an
apathetic student body, Henry quickly becomes a role model as a teacher
who actually cares about the well-being of these students. In finding
an unlikely emotional connection to the students, teachers, and a
runaway teen he takes in from the streets, Henry realizes that he’s not
alone in his life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly
vicious and loveless world.
