Half Nelson

About Half Nelson

An American family drama and social movie directed by Ryan Fleck in 2006. After public screen. This movie was in the center of the attention of viewers and critics and after a honorable presence in great domestic and international festivals such as Oscars, it was able to be nominated for 77 awards in different categories, among which, 29 of them were the winner of the best “first supporting actress” in the year of 2007. In this movie which was based on a 19-minute movie name “Gowanus, Brooklyn 2004” made by “Boden and Fleck”, actors like Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie have played in it. The story of this potent movie narrates the life an idealistic high school teacher who had been struggling with addiction and was trying to start a friendship with one of his students who had found out about his secret.