Directed by:
Ryan FleckCinematography:
Andrij ParekhCast:
Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Tristan Mack Wilds, Anthony Mackie, Denis O'Hare, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Jay O. Sanders, Nicole Vicius, Deborah Rush (more)Plots(1)
Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is an inner city high school teacher. Dynamic and inspirational in the classroom, he spends his time outside of school on the edge of consciousness. His personal disappointments and disillusionment have led to a serious drug habit. Dan juggles his hangovers and his homework, keeping his lives separated, until one of his students, Drey (Shareeka Epps), catches him getting high after school. It is from this pivotal moment that director Ryan Fleck builds a tentative friendship between these two unlikely allies, creating one of the year s most arresting films in the process. (Axiom Films)
(more)Cast
Ryan Gosling
Canada
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Drive (2011)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Shareeka Epps
USA
Best movies:
Mother and Child (2009)
Half Nelson (2006)
The Winning Season (2009)
Tristan Mack Wilds
USA
Best movies:
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Half Nelson (2006)
Red Tails (2012)
Anthony Mackie
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Denis O'Hare
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
21 Grams (2003)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Monique Gabriela Curnen
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Half Nelson (2006)
Che: Part One (2008)
Jay O. Sanders
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Glory (1989)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Nicole Vicius
Best movies:
Half Nelson (2006)
Delirious (2006)
Sound of My Voice (2011)
Deborah Rush
USA
Best movies:
The Visitor (2007)
Zelig (1983)
Split Image (1982)
Raymond Anthony Thomas
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Collins Pennie
USA
Best movies:
In Time (2011)
Half Nelson (2006)
Fired Up (2009)
Adepero Oduye
USA
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Big Short (2015)
Tina Holmes
USA
Best movies:
Taken (2002) (series)
Shelter (2007)
Half Nelson (2006)
Jeff Lima
Best movies:
Half Nelson (2006)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Cop Out (2010)
Katie Nehra
Best movies:
Half Nelson (2006)
Somewhere (2010)
Little Birds (2011)
Sharon Washington
Best movies:
Joker (2019)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
North and South (1985) (series)
Ron Cephas Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Get Down (2016) (series)
All You Need is Love (2007)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Sebastian Sozzi
USA
Best movies:
Prime (2005)
Half Nelson (2006)
Supporting Characters (2012)
Thaddeus Daniels
USA
Best movies:
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Half Nelson (2006)
The Post (2017)
Karen Chilton
Best movies:
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Half Nelson (2006)
Still Here (2020)