

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

Roberta

Assunta
Lexi at 5

Nick at 7
Supervisor

Brian

Taxi Driver

Janet

Dennis
Janet's Secretary

DeSean at 11
Lucy at 10

Bongo Kid
Naeem at 9
Guadalupe at 9
Adam
James
Becky

Mrs. Adisa
Hall Boy

Alice

Isabel
Landlady
Tanisha

Mrs. Lamb

Flight Attendant

Lawrence at 5

Ernie

Sheetrock Man
Painter

Lucy's Mother
Justin

Ramon
Leonard

Dorothea
Vanessa
Rachel

Nick at 17

Lexi at 15
Shandra

Beverly

Ramon's Mother
Ramon's Brother
Myesha
Rosario

Mr. Klein
Simon
Kenny
Stephanie

Carlos
Toussaint

Dan Paxton

Ramon's Father
Woman at Opus Meeting

Mr. Adams
Self

Lawrence at 15
Naeem Adisa at 19
Guadalupe at 19
Lucy at 20
DeSean at 21

Teammate #1
Teammate #2
Self
Carnegie Hall Concert Director

Self
Self
Self
Self

Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Horse Hair Boy
First Grade Girl
Frog Hair Boy
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Audience Member (uncredited)
Woman Shopper (uncredited)

Parent (uncredited)

Headlock Boy (uncredited)

Mother of Student (uncredited)
Violin Student (uncredited)

Naval Officer (uncredited)

New York Times Reporter (uncredited)
Old Woman in Tenement Building (uncredited)
Parent (uncredited)
Screenplay

Director

Editor
Producer

Producer
Producer
Art Direction
Unit Publicist
Set Decoration

Director of Photography
Production Design
Editor
Producer
Costume Design

Casting
Script Supervisor

Stand In

Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Co-Producer
Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Stunt Coordinator
Key Makeup Artist

Songs

Original Music Composer