# The Emperor's Club (2002)

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**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Michael Hoffman
**Written by**: Neil Tolkin
**Starring**: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Jesse Eisenberg, Rishi Mehta, Paul Dano, Rob Morrow

> *In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Mr. Chips if the star pupil was a sociopath. A Classics professor sees his orderly world upended when a charming but amoral student arrives. Kevin Kline’s performance holds together this somewhat contrived parable of character.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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