Notes On a Scandal 2003 MA15+
When
1.00pm, Sat 23 Jul 2016 (92 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Barbara Covett (Judy Dench) is a domineering and solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her classroom at a decaying state-run secondary school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara lives alone, without friends or confidantes – but her world changes when she meets the school's new art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett). Sheba appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend Barbara has always been seeking. But when she discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair with one of her young students (Andrew Simpson), their budding relationship takes an ominous turn.
MA15+ | Strong themes, Strong sexual references
MA15+
Production Credits
- Director: Richard Eyre
- Script: Patrick Marber
- Based On the Novel 'What Was She Thinking: Notes On a Scandal' (2003) by ZoË Heller
- Cinematographer: Chris Menges
- Editors: John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen
- Production Designer: Tim Hatley
- Art Directors: Hannah Moseley, Mark Raggett
- Costume Designer: Tim Hatley
- Music: Philip Glass
- Production Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dna Films, UK Film Council, Bbc Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Ingenious Film Partners
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Twentieth Century Fox Film
- Year: 2003
- Runtime: 92 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
- Languages: English, French
- Sound: Dolby Digital
- Colour: Colour
- Screening Format: 35mm, Dolby Digital