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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Tony Kaye
Production: Tribeca Films
  8 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
98 min
$48,868
Website
6,729 Views


It's rather pretty, isn't it?

Now, Ellen.

Do you know what that is?

That's a vagina

infected with gonorrhea.

That's f***ing grose.

Yes very. So, you see,

when you come to school

dressed like that, you give

you give out the wrong signal.

Don't you want people

treat you with respect?

Yo! I get respect.

I don't give it up to

every dick in my face.

Every "dick" in your face.

That's respectful.

Put this on.

Wear that for the rest...

Hey I said wear that

for the rest of the day.

Okay?

Can I go now?

I supposed you can, I mean.

If we're done.

Are we done?

- We're done.

- We're done.

Another student saved.

Come out of

the bathroom, grandma!

Come on granma,

open the door.

Hi, grandpa.

Grandpa.

Grandpa.

You okay?

What is it, grandpa?

It's Henry, grandpa.

Grandpa, it's Henry.

- Who?

- Are you in pain?

No, no. I ...

I pissed myself.

Come on, grandma,

open the door!

Excuse me

Excuse me

- Can you come in here please?

- We have a little accident?

- Yes

- You should ... haa..

- Do you wanna? - No, no.

- See, we're taking care of it.

See? You're okay.

- You right? - Are you doin'

any writing, grandpa?

In journals?

No, my life ...

My life isn't worth memoires.

It's ok, it's okay.

I didn't wanna to go

out like this.

I hate being a burden.

You're not a burden.

Okay?

You're not a burden.

Sure. You...

You like coming here, eh?

Your mother came by today.

Have you spoken to her lately?

No.

Now, you tell her

I'm fine?

You always say you're fine, but

I know you hide things from me.

You've always been closed off.

Ever since you were a kid.

Why is that?

Why?

Ah, you're upset. I shouldn't

say these things to you...

- I don't mean to make you...

- You haven't upset me, grandpa.

It's that I don't wanna

talk about the past.

You and I remember it

very differently.

Get rest, O.K?

Close your eyes. I'm here.

- I am in here with you

- When you stop coming, Henry

I'll die.

F***.

You got a smoke?

No, I don't have a smoke.

Where did you go, eh?

- What are you gonna do now?

- What are you gonna do, little kid?

I don't know.

Can you lend me ten bucks?

Come on, man I'm hungry.

I may have something

to eat at my place.

Come in, wash your hands.

There's soap over there.

Sit down.

Really nice place you got.

Thanks.

- You got anything stronger?

- Eat your sandwich.

Hey, hold on man!

- It's a 100 bucks.

- Relax...

What?

- Have you been raped recently?

- What do you care?

I'm not sure

that I do particulary.

Find and put something on it.

Look, I gotta get back.

Back?

Back where?

Listen, buddy,

If you don't got the

money it's cool. I mean,

I like you.

I'll blow you for 50?

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