Why watch this film?
A teacher at a boys' school must reckon with character, ambition, and the influence of privilege. It pairs well with School Ties when you want to keep discussing whether institutions reward integrity or status.
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The Emperor's Club (2002)
Drama
In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.
Overview
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
Top Cast
Kevin Kline
William Hundert
Emile Hirsch
Sedgewick Bell
Jesse Eisenberg
Louis Masoudi
Rishi Mehta
Deepak Mehta
Paul Dano
Martin Blythe
Rob Morrow
James Ellerby
