by Andrea LeVasseur
synopsis
Writer/director Alan Brown makes his feature-length debut with the comedy drama Book of Love, following his award-winning short film O Beautiful (released as part of Boys Life 4: Four Play). High school history teacher David (Simon Baker) is newly married to the lovely Elaine (Frances O'Connor). When they welcome the fresh-faced, teenaged student Chet (Gregory Smith) into their lives, both begin to feel a strain on their marriage after awhile. Book of Love premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the dramatic competition.
characteristics
- Crumbling Marriages
- Marital-problems
- Marriage-problems
- Only Human
- Adulterer
- Love-triangle
- Infidelity
- Age Disparity Romance
- Adultery
- Extramarital-affair
- Teachers And Students
- Teen
