Half Nelson (film)

Half Nelson is a 2006 American drama film directed by Ryan Fleck, written by Fleck and Anna Boden. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie. It was scored by Juno Awardwinning Canadian band Broken Social Scene. Gosling received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the film.

Dan Dunne Ryan Gosling is a young middleschool history teacher at a Brooklyn school, with a teaching style that rejects the standard curriculum in favor of an approach based upon dialectics specifically Engels three laws of dialectics, though this is never referred to by name.Though he seems to have it all together in the classroom, on his own time he is found frequently snorting and freebasing cocaine. After a basketball game, Dans exgirlfriend, Rachel Tina Holmes turns up, evoking emotions that he cannot handle. A short while later, one of his students and a player on the girls basketball team he coaches, Drey Shareeka Epps, catches him getting high in the locker room. ........

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