Words and Pictures -- a contest between language art and visual art

English actor Clive Owen & and French actress Juliette Binoche team up together to portray two teachers at a high school.  Jack Marcus is the teacher of Honors English while Dina Delsanto is the newly hired teacher of Art Honors. Both are struggling with their own creative projects while also teaching and encouraging their students to be more creative. Jack struggles with alcohol while Dina struggles with RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) which makes it difficult to paint and do many other activities.

This film was directed by Australian director Fred Schepisi and the screenplay was written by Gerald Di Pego.

What starts out as a friendly rivalry between two teachers turns into a romance and a creative contest between words and pictures at the school. This is a really great film about the language and visual arts. I found it interesting, touching and amusing.

Here are some quotes from this film:

 "What you just gave me was oatmeal when you could have given me a New York steak."---Jack

"The dictionary says "art is human creative skill."---Dina

"I think a picture is a lot more powerful than words."---student

 "A picture is worth a thousand words."---Dina

"Words are your Gods and somebody is insulting your religion."---Jack

A picture is worth a thousand lies.---sign of Miss Delsanto's Arts Honors Class

"So you missed me but you greet me so antienthusiastically."---Dina

Scenes from this film:

Here's the trailer for this film: