Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood", thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

Director: Isabel Coixet

Cast: Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Debbie Harry, Charlie Rose, Antonio Cupo, Michelle Harrison, Sonja Bennett, Emily Holmes, Chelah Horsdal, Marci T. House, Alessandro Juliani, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight