Words And Pictures 2013

A one-time literary star and now a Prep school English teacher, Jack Marcus (Clive Owen) laments his students' obsession with social media and good grades rather than engaging with the power of the written word. He meets his match in Dina Delsanto (Juliette Binoche) - an abstract painter and new teacher on campus, who was once celebrated for her art. From the start, the two flirt and provoke each other with equal relish. With a performance review looming and his teaching job on the line, Jack hatches an inspired plan for galvanising student interest in their studies: A war between Words and Pictures...