Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

United States of America

Drama, History, Romance, Hollywood Movies, English Movies

Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, Red Om Films

Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West

Mike Newell

Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal

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

massachusetts, art school, inspiration, feminist, conservative, lgbt, post war, post world war ii, faculty, art history, teacher hero, women's issues, subversive, 1950s, unmarried woman, woman centric, women and society, woman independence, women's independence, liberal arts

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

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