Lecons de Conduite [French]

Director: Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/08/2016
UPC:	0824255022590
Original Release:	0000
Source:	Imports
Language:	English
Sales rank:	64,292

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Patricia Clarkson	Wendy
Ben Kingsley	Darwan
Grace Gummer	Tasha
Jake Weber	Ted
Sarita Choudhury	Jasleen
Samantha Bee	Debbie
John Hodgman	Car Salesman
Daniela Lavender	Mata
Matt Salinger	Peter
Michael Mantell	Wendy's Father
Jessie Nagpal	Friend of Mata
Jonathan C. Kaplan	ICE Agent,ICE Agent
Joan Juliet Buck	Ruth
Amelia Fowler	Dollar Store Clerk
Avi Nash	Preet
Bryan Burton Lewis	Student Driver
Randy Graff	Divorce Attorney
Lorri Lindberg	Real Estate Broker
Hervender Singh	Darwan's Friend,Priest
Raf Liriano	Tough Kid #2
Royce Johnson	Cop
Sean Cole	Radio Host
Justin Gregory Lopez	Tough Kid
Rajika Puri	Darwan's Sister Rasbir
Anna Itty	Sikh Woman
Nora Hummel	Driving Examiner
Gina Jarrin	Paige
Beau Baxter	Debbie's Husband
Patrick Brana	Passenger
Shawn Michael	ICE Agent
Paul Hicks	Composer
Dhani Harrison	Composer
Bryan Burton	Student Driver

Technical Credits

Sarah Kernochan

Isabel Coixet	Director
Sarah Kernochan	Screenwriter
Dana Friedman	Producer
Daniel Hammond	Producer,Executive Producer
Harry Patramanis	Executive Producer
Dan Halsted	Executive Producer
Eleni Asvesta	Executive Producer,Producer
Monika Mikkelsen	Casting
Pinar Comezoglu	Special Effects
Hunter Berk	Sound Effects