Learning to Drive (2014)

August 21, 2014 (GB) • Drama, Comedy • 105m

Overview

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Director

Isabel Coixet

Writer

Sarah Kernochan

Top Billed

Patricia Clarkson

Keywords

new york city marriage crisis taxi driver sadness driving school cultural difference driving lesson failing marriage marital separation woman director customs agent college student long term relationship period of adjustment driving instructor mother daughter relationship sikhism literary critic

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Top Billed Cast

Patricia Clarkson

Wendy

Ben Kingsley

Darwan

Jake Weber

Ted

Sarita Choudhury

Jasleen

Grace Gummer

Tasha

Avi Nash

Preet

Samantha Bee

Debbie

Matt Salinger

Peter

John Hodgman

Car Salesman

Michael Mantell

Wendy's Dad

Daniela Lavender

Mata

Gina Jarrin

Paige

Rajika Puri

Rasbir (Darwan's Sister)

Beau Baxter

Debbie's Husband

Randy Graff

Divorce Attorney

Sean Cole

Radio Host

Bryan Burton

Student Driver

Mike Massimino

Hothead Crash Driver

Patrick Brana

Crash Passenger

Royce Johnson

Cop

Nora Hummel

Driving Examiner

Lorri Lindberg

Real Estate Broker

Justin Gregory Lopez

Loudmouth Kid

Anna Itty

Sikh Woman

Amelia Fowler

Dollar Store Clerk

Jonathan C. Kaplan

ICE Agent

Harpreet Singh Toor

Priest

Hervender Singh

Darwan's Friend

Crew

Isabel Coixet

Camera Operator

Isabel Coixet

Director

Devorah DeVries

Production Manager

Curtis Smith

First Assistant Director

Manny Siverio

Stunt Coordinator

Janet Paparazzo

Stunt Coordinator

Nitasha Bhambree

Stunts

Anu Schwartz

Set Designer

James Kelleher

Property Master

Raquel Cedar

Assistant Property Master

Leslie Zak

Script Supervisor

Betty Chin

Production Coordinator

J. Brent Peebles

Production Accountant

Ronald J. Kochie

Set Medic

Radium Cheung

Second Unit Director of Photography

Radium Cheung

"B" Camera Operator

Michael Fuchs

Steadicam Operator

Corey Gegner

First Assistant "A" Camera

Dan Brosnan

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Andrew Brinkman

First Assistant "B" Camera

Alfonso Díaz

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Tom Cioccio

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Mary Neary

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Anton Gold

Production Sound Mixer

David C. Manahan

Boom Operator

Guillermo Tuñon

Digital Imaging Technician

Daisy Zhou

Camera Intern

Susie Wu

Camera Intern

Joel Minnich

Gaffer

Rob Harlow

Key Grip

Abraham Altbuch

Best Boy Grip

Joe Doughan

Dolly Grip

Andrew Sadtler

Best Boy Electric

James Martin

Generator Operator

Christopher Vidaic

Grip

Omar Addasi

Electrician

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Branka Mrkic

Dialogue Editor

Eugene Gearty

Sound Effects Editor

Scott Brock

Associate Editor

Brittany Griffin

Assistant Costume Designer

Aminah Haddad

Wardrobe Supervisor

Marisa Ferrara

Key Set Costumer

Melissa Lawson

Costume Coordinator

Jacqueline Weiss

Key Hair Stylist

Suzanne Morton-Stokes

Wigmaker

Stephanie Wise

Key Makeup Artist

Eldo Ray Estes

Makeup Artist

Krystle Poulin

Makeup Artist

Bobby Provenzano

Leadman

Roy H. Zarow

On Set Dresser

Nikolas Tsiolis

Set Dresser

Rylan Buccholz

Set Dresser

Marina Parker

Set Dressing Buyer

Jessica Templin King

Set Dressing Buyer

Hailey Desjardins

Set Dressing Production Assistant

Herminio Almonte

Set Dressing Production Assistant

Mike Myers

Special Effects Coordinator

Edward Drohan IV

Special Effects Assistant

Robert Keymer

Special Effects Assistant

Charles Zalben

Location Manager

Tim Stacker

Assistant Location Manager

Vernon Rodriguez

Location Assistant

Tanesha Hartsfield

Production Secretary

Colette Hallinan

First Assistant Accountant

Emilia Spirito

Art Department Coordinator

Hudson Meredith

Graphic Designer

Vanessa Barzuna

Art Department Production Assistant

Richard Hebrank

Construction Coordinator

John Stachowicz

Scenic Artist

Mario Mercado

Scenic Artist

David Zonshine

Thanks

Eddy Mayer

Storyboard Artist

Kenn Rabin

Archival Footage Research

Eva Radke

Thanks

Harold Dieterle

Thanks

Hunter Stiebel

Thanks

Jerry Minor

Thanks

Joan Juliet Buck

Thanks

Laura Lewis

Thanks

Lia Mayer-Sommer

Thanks

Lisa Carr

Thanks

Michael Legato

Thanks

Philip Stockton

Thanks

Reed Brody

Thanks

Robert Legato

Thanks

Elsa Ramo

Attorney

Michelle Chang

Attorney

Davide Rossi

Musician

Pirashanna Thevarajah

Musician

Aravindhan Baheerathan

Musician

Luke Tomalin Sherman

Second Second Assistant Director

Stephan Prevost

Key Set Production Assistant

Logan Thoreau

Set Production Assistant

Jesse Harbold

Set Production Assistant

Veronica Heffron

Set Production Assistant

Adam King

Set Production Assistant

Brandon Regina

Set Production Assistant

Alex Mabred

Actor's Assistant

Todd M. Hofacker

Actor's Assistant

Katelyn Manley

Actor's Assistant

Pamela Pearl

Casting Associate

Margaret Donlin

Stand In

Hervender Singh

Stand In

Lindsey Lefkow

Production Manager

Michael S. Chandler

Production Supervisor

Corie Mandel

Production Coordinator

Dion Matthews

Second Assistant Director

Alejandro Ramia

Second Second Assistant Director

Chris Woodrum

Set Production Assistant

Stephen Schaller

Set Production Assistant

Peter Garafalo

Set Production Assistant

Toni Calix

Additional Production Assistant

Julia Almonte

Additional Production Assistant

Andrew Straw

Additional Production Assistant

Killian Sobel

Additional Production Assistant

Nicholas Williams

Key Production Assistant

Robert Lau

First Assistant Camera

Shaun Joye

Second Assistant Camera

David Berman

Digital Imaging Technician

Alec Jarnagin

Steadicam Operator

Zachary Sullivan

Gaffer

Gavin Curran

Best Boy Electric

Noah Rosenberg

Electrician

Will Gottlieb

Key Grip

Adam Barbay

Best Boy Grip

Cliff Alphonse

Grip

Greg Booth

Dolly Grip

Krystal Phillips

Makeup Department Head

Kristen Kiyan

Key Makeup Artist

Molly Sackett

Location Assistant

Christopher Carcich

Property Master

Tess Malone

Script Supervisor

Maria Sylvania

On Set Dresser

Jonathan Franklin

Set Medic

Michael Sterkin

Sound Mixer

Dmitry Volovik

Boom Operator

Kevin Rogers

Stunt Driver

Kevin R. Wood

Transportation Captain

Leonard Ifield

Driver

Michael A. Genco

Driver

Barry Treanor

Driver

Joseph Wood

Driver

Dusan Zachar

Driver

Andrew Gilbert

Chef

Felix Rivera

Assistant Chef

Alberto Peter Villafane

Assistant Chef

Brian 'Skip' Whitfield

Assistant Chef

Caylena Andres

Craft Service

Jason Tobias

Post Production Supervisor

Julia Solomonoff

Epk Producer

Julia Solomonoff

Epk Director

Marissa Littlefield

ADR Editor

Frank Kern

Foley Editor

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

David Boulton

ADR Mixer

Mark DeSimone

ADR Mixer

Bill Higley

ADR Mixer

Keith Reamer

Additional Editing

Misako Shimizu

First Assistant Editor

Zach Wolf

First Assistant Editor

Missy Cohen

Music Editor

Travis MacKay

ADR Mixer

Wade Barnett

ADR Mixer

Nicholas Cochran

ADR Recordist

Martin Zeichner

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Philippe Majdalani

Digital Intermediate Producer

Matthew Breitenbach

Digital Intermediate Editor

Noa Wiener

Set Production Intern

Lexi Scholes

Set Production Intern

John Pozzi

Set Production Intern

Kevin Padilla

Set Production Intern

James Santos

Set Production Intern

Sarah Kernochan

Screenplay

Gabriel Hammond

Executive Producer

Jennifer Todd

Executive Producer

Vicki Farrell

Costume Designer

Dhani Harrison

Original Music Composer

Paul Hicks

Original Music Composer

Mary Ramos

Music Supervisor

Declan Mulvey

Stunt Driver

Eleni Asvesta

Executive Producer

Harry Patramanis

Executive Producer

Dana Friedman

Producer

Thelma Schoonmaker

Editor

Daniel Hammond

Producer

Dan Halsted

Executive Producer

Monika Mikkelsen

Casting

Dania Saragovia

Production Design

Robert Covelman

Set Decoration

Melinda Ziyadat

Second Assistant Director

Maya Hardinge

Makeup Department Head

Sarah Hindsgaul

Hair Department Head

Anton Gold

Sound Mixer

Brian Battles

Visual Effects

Joey Giambattista

Stunts

Susan Leber

Line Producer

Susan Leber

Co-Producer

Lauren McCarthy

Co-Executive Producer

Linda Källérus

Still Photographer

Manel Ruiz

Director of Photography

Nicolas Graziadei

Video Assist Operator

Leeah Odom

Art Department Production Assistant

Neil Bleifeld

Video Assist Operator

Michael Papa

Specialized Driver

John T. Kelly

Specialized Driver

Ashley Kravitz

Clearances Coordinator

Dhani Harrison

Scoring Mixer

Paul Hicks

Scoring Mixer

Reviews

Reno

⭐ 7/10

June 14, 2016

> The religious and cultural influence in the modern America.

The second film together for the two lead actors and the director. This film characters were well understood and executed with a full details. It is always women filmmakers who do a fine job like this. While the western world is not able to differentiate between Sikhs and the one who they think these people are for just wearing turban, this film comes in handy to educate them. Especially the youths who are yet to grow up and learn what the real world is. No offense, just saying they are lack of the knowledge.

A simple drama about two people from two different races. Since they meet very often during the driving lessons, an unexpected bond develops between them and begin to understand each others agony despite their cultural gap. It helps them to re-organise their struggling life, but the relationship is put on a tested when it reached at a certain stage. How they react to it and the plan for the rest of their lives reveals before ending the narration smartly.

No twists, but the interesting concept and the choices of the characters makes the film one of the well organised low cost products with a quality of the practical standards. Ben was amazing as usual, and it is his one of the remarkable small roles. Patricia Clarkson too was in a very casual character display as a typical middle-aged American wife going through a crisis.

This film reminds me the 'Midnight My Love'. Somewhat similar film yet culturally differentiates. So this film's not about how good the story is, but the society, how it views a person from outside and inside. It is also about the individual characters on how their life transforms with a new friendship and while learning new stuffs to put behind their bad past. This film suit better for the adults because of the theme on them. So I suggest you if you are one to try this wonderful tale.

7/10

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