Film · 2006
Half Nelson
Directed by Ryan Fleck
1h 47mUnited StatesEnglish
Secrets don't let go.
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
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Cast & crew
- Ryan GoslingDan Dunne
- Shareeka EppsDrey
- Anthony MackieFrank
- Jeff LimaRoodly
- Monique Gabriela CurnenIsabel
- Tina HolmesRachel
- Nathan CorbettTerrance
- Tyra Kwao-VovoStacy
- Rosemary LedeeGina
- Tristan Mack WildsJamal
- Bryce SilverBernard
- Kaela C. PabonLena
- Erica RiveraErika
- Stephanie BastVanessa
- Eleanor HutchinsSimone
- Sebastian SozziJavier
- Karen ChiltonKaren
- Starla BenfordPrincipal Henderson
- Denis O'HareJimbo
- Deidre GoodwinTina
- Directed by
- Ryan Fleck
- Written by
- Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden
- Music
- Kevin Drew
- Produced by
- Lynette Howell Taylor, Rosanne Korenberg, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof & Anna Boden
- Cinematography
- Andrij Parekh
- Editing
- Anna Boden