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Feb 1, 2012 · Detachment: Directed by Tony Kaye. With Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Christina Hendricks. A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
noun. : the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service. : a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition. : indifference to worldly concerns : aloofness.
Detachment is a 2011 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by Carl Lund. Its story follows Henry Barthes, a high-school substitute teacher who becomes a role model to his students and others.
Mar 16, 2012 · Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody) is a substitute teacher who shuns emotional connections, and never stays long enough in one district to bond with his students or colleagues.
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the act of disengaging or separating something. the condition of being disengaged or separated; disconnection. military. the separation of a small unit from its main body, esp of ships or troops. the unit so detached. a branch office of a police force.
DETACHMENT definition: 1. a group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty…. Learn more.
noun. /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ [uncountable] the state of not being involved in something in an emotional or personal way. He answered with an air of detachment. She felt a sense of detachment from what was going on. opposite involvement. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
