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  • Notes on a Scandal
  • Details: 2006, UK, Cert 15, 91 mins

    Direction: Richard Eyre

    Genre: Drama

    Summary: When a new art teacher starts an affair with one of her 15-year-old students, a lonely colleague promises to keep her secret.

    With: Andrew SimpsonBill NighyCate Blanchett and Judi Dench

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