
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.


“Ben loves his family almost as much as he loves himself”
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Michael Douglas
Ben Kalmen

Susan Sarandon
Nancy Kalmen

Danny DeVito
Jimmy Marino

Mary-Louise Parker
Jordon Karsch

Jenna Fischer
Susan Porter

Imogen Poots
Allyson Karsch

Jesse Eisenberg
Daniel Cheston

Richard Schiff
Steve Heller

Jake Siciliano
Scotty

David Costabile
Gary Porter
Solitary Man is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2009 exploring themes of infidelity, bankrupt, loneliness, family drama. Directed by Brian Koppelman, it stars Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito. A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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