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  • Tony Kaye directed the film from a screenplay by Carl Lund.
  • Adrien Brody plays substitute teacher Henry Barthes.
  • AFI lists a 100-minute runtime and identifies Paper Street Films, Kingsgate Films and Appian Way as the production companies.
  • The film premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and opened in New York on March 16, 2012.
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Description

Tony Kaye's Detachment centers on Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who moves between assignments to avoid forming lasting ties. At a troubled public school, his reserve begins to crack as he becomes a stabilizing presence for alienated students and forms a fragile bond with a runaway teenager.

Adrien Brody leads an ensemble that includes Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Cranston, Lucy Liu and James Caan. The drama had its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Festival and opened theatrically in New York on March 16, 2012; as checked October 28, 2026, official U.S. pages for Tubi and Pluto TV both offer it free with ads.

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