Past Run
Learning to Drive
Isabel Coixet's slice-of-life comedy-drama Learning to Drive stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a middle-aged 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 driving instructor. 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.
“A richly observed, cross-cultural character study that coasts along pleasurably on the strengths of its virtuoso leads.”
— Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 3 engagements
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Fri, Sep 4 – Thu, Oct 1, 2015 · 4 weeks
- ClaremontClaremont 5Fri, Sep 4 – Thu, Sep 24, 2015 · 3 weeks
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 13, 2015 · 1 week
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