A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Detachment is of 1 hour(s) and 38 minute(s). It is Produced By: Paper Street Films, Kingsgate Films, Appian Way. It was released on 2011-04-24. It has an average vote of 7.643 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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