Movie
Notes on a Scandal
2006R1h 32m7.1 / 10
One woman's mistake is another's opportunity.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Notes on a Scandal
Cast
Judi DenchBarbara Covett
Cate BlanchettSheba Hart
Bill NighyRichard Hart
Andrew SimpsonSteven Connolly
Phil DavisBrian Bangs
Michael MaloneySandy Pabblem
Juno TemplePolly HartMax LewisBen Hart
Credits
- Directed by
- Richard Eyre
- Written by
- Patrick Marber, Zoë Heller
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $49.8M
Production
Fox Searchlight PicturesUnited States
DNA FilmsUnited Kingdom
UK Film CouncilUnited Kingdom
BBC FilmUnited Kingdom
Scott Rudin ProductionsUnited States
Robert Fox ProductionsUnited Kingdom
Themes
adulteryangryantagonisticartaudaciousbased on novel or bookblackmailcondescendingconservativeextramarital affairfriendshipinfidelitylonelinesslove
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