MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.

Genres

Drama

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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$16300000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

22 November 2002

Country

United States of America

Cast

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

William Hundert

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch

Sedgewick Bell

Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz

Elizabeth

Purva Bedi

Purva Bedi

Anna Mehta

Rob Morrow

Rob Morrow

James Ellerby

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Headmaster Woodbridge

Helen Carey

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg

Louis Masoudi

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Martin Blythe

Katherine O'Sullivan

Katherine O'Sullivan

The Nun

Melissa Brown

Melissa Brown

Blonde Girl

Sophie Wise

Sophie Wise

Brunette

Emily Doubilet

Emily Doubilet

Redhead

Michelle Foody

Michelle Foody

Real Redhead

Molly Regan

Molly Regan

Miss Peters

Helen Carey

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Deirdre Lorenz

Deirdre Lorenz

Dr. Kelly Ryan

Joel Gretsch

Joel Gretsch

Sedgewick Bell (older)

Steven Culp

Steven Culp

Older Martin Blythe

Rahul Khanna

Rahul Khanna

Older Deepak Mehta

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Older Louis Masoudi

Jimmy Walsh

Jimmy Walsh

Robert Bell

Elizabeth Hobgood

Elizabeth Hobgood

Victoria Bell

Nick Hagelin

Nick Hagelin

Martin Blythe the 4th

Chris Morales

Chris Morales

Eugene Field

Gabriel Millman

Gabriel Millman

Robert Brewster

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

Senator Bell

Luca Bigini

Luca Bigini

Copeland Gray

Michael Coppola

Michael Coppola

Russell Hall

Rishi Mehta

Rishi Mehta

Deepak Mehta

Sean Fredricks

Sean Fredricks

Mr. Harris

Dominique Deverau

Dominique Deverau

Tawana Carver

Similar Movies

6.3

Counterparts

May 2007 •German

Teacher Anne and policeman Georg are thought of as the perfect couple. However, appearances are deceptive: one of them is covered with scars and bruises. But which one is the abuser?

7.4

The Trap

February 2007 •Serbian

Mladen and Marija are an ordinary and happy married couple of the "middle class" of the society in which they live as tenants. Mladen works as a civil engineer in a state company, and Marija is an English teacher in primary school. The couple finds joy in their only son, Nemanja. They discover that Nemanja has a rare heart disease and healing is possible with an operation in a foreign medical center, which costs €26,000.

7.4

Risky Business

December 1967 •French

A teenage girl accuses her primary schoolteacher, Jean Doucet (Jacques Brel), of trying to rape her. The police and the mayor investigate, but Doucet denies the charges. Two other students come forward to reveal more of Doucet's misconduct – one confessing to be his mistress. Doucet faces trial and hard labor if convicted.

8.0

Like Stars on Earth

December 2007 •Hindi

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

6.6

Half Nelson

August 2006 •English

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

6.6

One Hour Photo

August 2002 •English

Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"

6.3

Badland

November 2007 •English

Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of him and his wife, Nora (Vinessa Shaw), unsympathetic and unhappy. When Jerry discovers that Nora has betrayed him, his anger and despair drive him to commit an act so heinous and irreversible that nothing he had experienced in combat could have prepared him for.

7.0

Dangerous Minds

August 1995 •English

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

6.0

The Brave

July 1997 •English

A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.

8.3

Dead Poets Society

June 1989 •English

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

7.0

In My Father's Den

June 2004 •English

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families (Otto, Moy), frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.

7.8

The Miracle Worker

May 1962 •English

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

7.1

Notes on a Scandal

December 2006 •English

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.

7.0

Sweet Sixteen

September 2002 •English

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

6.7

Lights in the Dusk

February 2006 •Finnish

Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.

8.0

The Tender Age

June 1968 •French

Twenty-year-old Henri Rebecque wants to make his dream come true: to bring Benjamin Constant's Adolphe to the screen in amateur format. Armed with a sixteen-millimeter camera and a team of friends, Henri embarks on this adventure, playing the role of Adolphe himself. Despite all the warnings, he lived through the passion and ordeal of the novel's hero, right to the end. Different times and circumstances will not change this.

6.1

Sounds of Sand

May 2007 •French

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats, and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

6.8

Closer

December 2004 •English

A love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Four strangers - with one thing in common: each other.

4.7

The Boat on the Grass

April 1971 •French

Despite their social differences, poor David and the rich Olivier are the best friends. David took the young Eleanor in Olivier's Paris apartment. When Olivier meets her there, he takes her to the country, where the three build a boat on the meadow. Eleanore divided the friends.

6.9

Children of a Lesser God

September 1986 •English

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.