Learning to drive / director, Isabel Coixet ; producers, Dana Friedman, Daniel Hammond.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 94174625000 | Broad Green PicturesLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: [United States] : Broad Green Pictures, [2016]Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Isabel Coixet's slice-of-life comedy/drama Learning to Drive stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a middle-ages book critic who is shattered when her husband Ted (Jake Weber) leaves her. In order to visit her daughter (Grace Gummer), who lives upstate, Wendy begins taking driving lessons from Darwan (Ben Kingsley) an American citizen originally from India who makes a living as a cabbie and giving driving lessons. The two strike-up a friendship that helps her learn to take control of her life, and him adjust to his new life after an arranged marriage. Learning to Drive screened at the 2014 (Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1), dual layer; Dolby digital.
English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Sarita Choudhury, Grace Gummer.
Based on a book by Katha Pollitt.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Widescreen.
Rating: R; for language and sexual content.
A feel-good, coming of (middle) age comedy about a mismatched pair who helps each other overcome life's road blocks.