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Liberal Arts is a american film of genre Drama directed by Josh Radnor released in USA on 14 september 2012 with Zac Efron
Liberal Arts (2012)
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Add to a movie listLiberal Arts is an American comedy-drama film. The second film directed by, written by, and starring Josh Radnor, it tells the story of 35-year-old Jesse (Radnor) who has a romantic relationship with Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen), a 19-year-old college student. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January 2012.
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Jesse Fischer (Radnor) is a 35-year-old college admissions officer in New York City who loves literature and language, but is newly single and dissatisfied with his life and career. He believes that the happiest time of his life was the years at his unnamed Ohio liberal arts college, where he could study poetry uninterrupted, surrounded by others like him. Peter Holberg (Jenkins), his old English professor, invites Jesse back to the college to attend Peter's retirement ceremony. Jesse meets 19-year-old Zibby (Olsen), a sophomore studying drama and the daughter of Peter's friends.Actors
Zac Efron
(Nat)
Elizabeth Olsen
(Zibby)
Richard Jenkins
(Professor Peter Hoberg)
Josh Radnor
(Jesse Fisher)
Allison Janney
(Professor Judith Fairfield)
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