Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.
Richard Gere
Saul
Juliette Binoche
Miriam
Flora Cross
Eliza
Max Minghella
Aaron
Kate Bosworth
Chali
Corey Fischer
National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
Sam Zuckerman
National Spelling Bee Judge
Joan Mankin
Ms. Bergermeyer
Piers Mackenzie
Dr. Morris
Lorri Holt
Ms. Rai
Cynthia Lea Clark
Photographer (uncredited)
Alisha Mullally
Young Miriam
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
Blood and Bones
A Million Miles Away
White Gate
Late Autumn
Elmer Gantry
Run
Enemy
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
American Pastoral
The Marsh King's Daughter
Light of My Life
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Deep Water
King of the Ants
Wood Job!
Prayers for Bobby
The Kindergarten Teacher
Endless Night
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