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Mona Lisa smile - Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Mike Newell

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Movie propaganda

In a world that told them how to think, she showed them how to live.

1953 America was a time ripe for change for women and when Katherine Ann Willis (Julia Roberts) arrives to teach Art History at Wellesley College, she finds the institution drowning in outdated mores. While the nation struggles with the fears that accompany a shifting political culture, the powers that be at Wellesley seem to want to re-corset the women who had been the backbone of the World War II workforce just a few years earlier. A passionate educator, Katherine takes on the establishment and in doing so, deeply affects her students who in turn lead her to alter the course of her life forever.

Persons of interest

Julia Roberts .... Katherine Willis
Kirsten Dunst .... Betty Warren
Julia Stiles .... Joan Brandwyn
Maggie Gyllenhaal .... Giselle Levy
Ginnifer Goodwin .... Constance Baker
Dominic West .... Bill Dunbar
Juliet Stevenson .... Amanda Armstrong
Marcia Gay Harden .... Nancy Abbey
John Slattery .... Paul Moore
Marian Seldes .... President Jocelyn Carr
Donna Mitchell .... Mrs Warren
Terence Rigby .... Doctor Edward Staunton
Laura Allen .... Susan Delacorte
Topher Grace .... Tommy Donegal
Jordan Bridges .... Spencer Jones
Ebon Moss-Bachrach .... Charlie Stewart
Lawrence Konner .... Screenwriter
Mark Rosenthal .... Screenwriter
Mike Newell .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Broadcast Film Critics Association 2004: Nominated: Best Song (Elton John, Bernie Taupin - The heart of every girl)
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2004: Nominated: Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture (Elton John, Bernie Taupin - The heart of every girl)
International Press Academy Satellite Awards 2004: Nominated: Best Original Song (Elton John - The heart of every girl)