Mona Lisa Smile
- Release Date
- December 19, 2003
- Director
- Mike Newell
- Cast
- Julia Roberts , Kirsten Dunst , Julia Stiles , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Ginnifer Goodwin , Dominic West
- Runtime
- 119
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Lawrence Konner , Mark Rosenthal
- Tagline
- In a world that told them how to think, she showed them how to live.
Summary
In Revolution Studio's Mona Lisa Smile, Julia Roberts leads an all-star cast of prominent young actresses including Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and newcomer Ginnifer Goodwin, in a story of women struggling to define themselves in a world that has already defined them. Katherine Watson (Roberts) travels from California to the New England campus of Wellesley College in the fall of 1953 to teach art history. In the post-war era, Katherine expects that her students, the best and the brightest in the country, will take advantage of the opportunities presented to them. Soon after her arrival, however, Katherine discovers that the environment at the prestigious institution is steeped in conformity. According to their poise and elocution teacher Nancy Abbey (Marcia Gay Harden), an engagement ring on a young woman
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