Mona Lisa Smile

Wellesley College, 1953, a lecture hall filled with daughters of privilege. A UCLA graduate teaches art history, her students bound for marriage, not careers. Mike Newell contextualizes 50s feminism through academia.

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Mike Newell directed Mona Lisa Smile in 2003. See Mike Newell's full filmography, where to start with Mike Newell, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mike Newell.

Mona Lisa Smile was released in 2003 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 117 minutes.