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Director: Isabel Coixet
Writer(s): Sarah Kernochan
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer
Isabel Coixet’s slice-of-life comedy/drama Learning to Drive stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a middle-ages book critic who is shattered when her husband Ted (Jake Weber) leaves her. In order to visit her daughter (Grace Gummer), who lives upstate, Wendy begins taking driving lessons from Darwan (Ben Kingsley) an American citizen originally from India who makes a living as a cabbie and giving driving lessons. The two strike-up a friendship that helps her learn to take control of her life, and him adjust to his new life after an arranged marriage. Learning to Drive screened at the 2014 (Toronto International Film Festival.
“Learning to Drive is precisely the sort of adult-themed, intelligent and heartfelt film it wants to be, with Clarkson and Kingsley wonderfully on point.” -Tom Long, Detroit News
“Learning to Drive is a story of companionship, loneliness, resilience. It’s a small, artfully crafted thing, but it resonates in big ways.” -Steven Rea, Philidelphia Inquirer
“It’s a beautifully acted tale of friendship, and about how sometimes, you just need to move forward – in a car, or otherwise.” -Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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90 MIN
