Directed by:
Richard EyreScreenplay:
Patrick MarberCinematography:
Chris MengesComposer:
Philip GlassCast:
Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Tom Georgeson, Alice Bird, Bill Nighy, Joanna Scanlan, Andrew Simpson, Juno Temple, Stephen Kennedy, Anne-Marie Duff, Phil Davis (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
One as a woman consumed by her colleague's guilty secret, the other, a victim to her own dark obsessions - in this intelligent and stylish thriller. Dench mesmerises as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until shemeets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a student, her jealousy and rage spiral out of control. (20th Century Fox UK)
(more)Cast
![Cate Blanchett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428566_726e4d.jpg)
Cate Blanchett
Australia
Best movies:
![Judi Dench](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205154_c0b055.jpg)
Judi Dench
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
![Tom Georgeson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426711_5182c3.gif)
Tom Georgeson
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Alice Bird](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275832_c9ec88.jpg)
Alice Bird
Best movies:
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Messiah: The Harrowing (2005) (TV movie)
![Bill Nighy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/137/163137689_f931fa.jpg)
Bill Nighy
UK
Best movies:
Skylight (2014) (theatrical recording)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Love Actually (2003)
![Joanna Scanlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/141/166141523_8f3dd0.jpg)
Joanna Scanlan
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
After Love (2020)
![Andrew Simpson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276352_33688b.jpg)
Andrew Simpson
UK
Best movies:
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Good Vibrations (2012)
![Juno Temple](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160842_5e39d2.jpg)
Juno Temple
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Atonement (2007)
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Stephen Kennedy
UK
Best movies:
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
The Snapper (1993) (TV movie)
![Anne-Marie Duff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/160/164160222_a5a6fb.png)
Anne-Marie Duff
UK
Best movies:
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Sinners (2002) (TV movie)
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
![Phil Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/456/164456212_dfde43.png)
Phil Davis
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
![Benedict Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279274_3fc1cb.jpg)
Benedict Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Wallander (2008) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984)
![Julia McKenzie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755529_74c6a5.jpg)
Julia McKenzie
UK
Best movies:
Cranford (2007) (series)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
![Adrian Scarborough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712265_cad7e0.jpg)
Adrian Scarborough
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Cranford (2007) (series)
1917 (2019)
![Jill Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162696_3b1761.jpg)
Jill Baker
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
![Michael Maloney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/422/160422865_fe4b86.jpg)
Michael Maloney
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Hamlet (1996)
Henry V (1989)
Emma Kennedy
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Tameka Empson
UK
Best movies:
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Beautiful Thing (1996)
Skellig (2009) (TV movie)
Edward M. Kelahan
USA
Best movies:
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
We Own the Night (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
Wendy Nottingham
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Babel (2006)