"A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship."
Judi Dench
as Barbara Covett
Cate Blanchett
as Sheba Hart
Bill Nighy
as Richard Hart
Andrew Simpson
as Steven Connolly
Phil Davis
as Brian Bangs
Michael Maloney
as Sandy Pabblem
Juno Temple
as Polly Hart
Max Lewis
as Ben Hart
Joanna Scanlan
as Sue Hodge
Julia McKenzie
as Marjorie
Shaun Parkes
as Bill Rumer
Tom Georgeson
as Ted Mawson
Emma Kennedy
as Linda
Syreeta Kumar
as Gita
Wendy Nottingham
as Elaine Clifford
Tameka Empson
as Antonia Robinson
Leon Skinner
as Davis
Debra Gillett
as Lorraine
Barry McCarthy
as Dave
Adrian Scarborough
as Martin
Jill Baker
as Sheba's Mother
Diana Berriman
as Marcia
Alice Bird
as Saskia
Benedict Taylor
as Eddie
Miranda Pleasence
as Eddie's Wife
Jonathan Speer
as Vet
Stephen Kennedy
as Mr. Connolly
Derbhle Crotty
as Mrs. Connolly
Catherine Drew
as Newsreader
Anne-Marie Duff
as Annabel
Kevin Hudson
as Teacher (uncredited)
Gabrielle Brooks
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Richard Eyre
Director
Robert Fox
Producer
Scott Rudin
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
John Bloom
Editor
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Shaheen Baig
Casting
Maggie Lunn
Tim Hatley
Production Design
Caroline Smith
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Redmond Morris
Executive Producer
Patrick Marber
Screenplay
Zoë Heller
Novel
Nadia Stacey
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Rachel Neale
Unit Production Manager
Martin Harrison
First Assistant Director
Chris Stoaling
Second Assistant Director
Mark Raggett
Supervising Art Director
Harriet Orman
Set Decoration Buyer
Grant Armstrong
Standby Art Director
Jane Harwood
Assistant Art Director
Lucy Eyre
Assistant Set Decoration
Kem White
Graphic Designer
Catherine Byrne
Art Department Assistant
Cian O'Clery
Ben Wilson
Focus Puller
Sam Barnes
Clapper Loader
Urszula Pontikos
Gary Hymns
Grip
Therese Hvattum
Camera Trainee
Diana Dill
Script Supervisor
Paul Bond
"B" Camera Operator
Ashley Bond
First Assistant "B" Camera
Mark Milsome
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Simon Fogg
Keziah Barton-White
Alex Hobbs
Video Report
Jim Greenhorn
Production Sound Mixer
Kate Morath
Boom Operator
Jason Bennett
Sound Assistant
Amanda Stevens
Location Manager
Richard Hill
Assistant Location Manager
Lee Robertson
Russell Lodge
Location Scout
Thomas Elgood
Iggy Ellis
Michael Diliberti
Producer's Assistant
James P. Queen
Mira Shin
Dan Erstad
Nathan Kelly
Danny Roman
Sarah Richardson
Francesca Castellano
Production Coordinator
Holly Pullinger
Assistant Production Coordinator
Vanraaj Padhaal
Production Secretary
Shruti Shah
Production Accountant
Polly Fletcher
Assistant Accountant
Dan Hillsdon
Helen Walker
Jay Weeks
Accounting Trainee
Nwachukwu Aghanya
Marie Sayej
Tarn Harper
Post Production Accountant
Lisa Westcott
Makeup Department Head
Hair Department Head
Rebecca Lafford
Makeup Artist
Jayne Buxton
Hairstylist
Helen Johnson
Eamonn Hughes
Allison Wyldeck
Costume Supervisor
Vandra Howard
Costume Assistant
David Otzen
Jane Leonard
Emma Heath
Kirsty Wilkinson
Lead Costumer
Maxie McDonald
Property Master
Stephen McDonald
Standby Property Master
Stephen Conway
Neil Murrum
Dressing Prop
Ben Wilkinson
Peter Watson
Lee Walters
Gaffer
Paul Sharp
Best Boy Electric
Gavin Walters
Rigging Gaffer
Steve Blythe
Electrician
Jimmy Harris
Peter Harris
Eamonn Fitzgerald
Mark Thomas
Emily Plant
Dennis Watson
Charlie Waller
Second Second Assistant Director
Heidi Gower
Third Assistant Director
Barney Miller
Production Runner
Emily Graham
Floor Runner
Penny Ryder
Stand In
Collette Appleby
Philip Ball
Joan Washington
Vocal Coach
Jemma Kearney
Actor's Assistant
Hattie Dalton
Other
Sara Dony
Unit Medic
Gary Birmingham
Transportation Coordinator
Robin Thistlethwaite
Construction Manager
Josh Jones
Standby Carpenter
Simon Hutchings
Standby Painter
Greg Press
Standby Rigger
Pete Hodge
Ian Bee
Supervising Carpenter
Jonathan Wells
Carpenter
David Martin
Paul Bowring
John Davies
Painter
Matt Parsons
Amanda Waddington
Neil Dickson
Tony Kernan
Polly Duval
Post Production Supervisor
Martin Corbett
Assistant Editor
Jason Ribikoff
Supervising Sound Editor
Stuart Stanley
Sound Editor
Eric Strausser
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Martin Czembor
James Mather
Sound Supervisor
Joseph Stracey
Sound Effects Editor
Tim Owens
Dialogue Editor
Nigel Stone
ADR Editor
Derek Trigg
Foley Editor
Diana Smith
Assistant Sound Editor
Lionel Johnson
Andy Thompson
ADR Recording Engineer
Howard Halsall
ADR Voice Casting
Edward Colyer
Foley Recording Engineer
Nigel Heath
Andie Derrick
Foley Artist
Peter Burgis
Mike Prestwood Smith
Doug Cooper
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Dave Wren
Sound Mix Technician
Joseph S. DeBeasi
Supervising Music Editor
Graham Sutton
Music Editor
Missy Cohen
Derek Somaru
Assistant Music Supervisor
Michael Riesman
Conductor
Nico Muhly
Chris Dibble
Score Engineer
Jake Jackson
Sam Jones
John Bradbury
Orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths
Vic Fraser
Scoring Mixer
Dan Bora
Ichiho Nishiki
Trevor Gureckis
Christian Rutledge
Music Coordinator
Nrinder Dhudwar
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Pedrero
Stunts
Tina Maskell
Rob Hunt
John Street
Stuart Brisdon
Special Effects Coordinator
Mark Haddenham
Special Effects
Olivia Coote
Still Photographer
Linda Gamble
Unit Publicist
Les Benson
Props