Words and Pictures
Film Screening
Clive Owen stars as a prep school English teacher who chanlleges the new art teacher, played by Juliette Binoche, in determining if words or pictures convey greater meaning. See the witty romantic drama at the Phillips before it opens in theaters.
Event Details
The Phillips presents an exclusive opportunity to see Words and Pictures—which first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival—before it opens in theaters on June 6.
A witty romantic drama, Words and Pictures stars the engaging duo of Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen working together on-screen for the first time. Prep school English teacher Jack Marcus (Owen) laments his students’ obsession with social media and good grades rather than engaging with the power of the written word. A one-time literary star, Jack has not published in years, filling his spare time with drink versus the art of language. He meets his match in Dina Delsanto (Binoche)—an abstract painter and new teacher on campus, who was one celebrated for her art. From the start, the two flirt and provoke each other with equal relish.
With a performance review lurking and his teaching job on the line, Jack hatches an inspired plan for galvanizing student interest in their studies: he declares a war between words and pictures, confident that the former can convey greater meaning than the latter. Dina and her art students accept the challenge between Jack and his English students, and the battle lines are drawn.