The first trailer for director Fred Schepisi's romantic dramedy Words and Pictures is now available.  The film stars Clive Owen as Jack Marcus, an English teacher struggling to keep his students' attention.  When an acclaimed artist (Juliette Binoche) starts teaching at the school, Jack declares a war between Words and Pictures, pitting his students against hers in a bid to show which medium can show greater meaning.  In addition to energizing the students' creativity, the two teachers find new purpose in their professions and new possibilities in each other.

Words and Pictures opens May 23rd.  Hit the jump to watch the trailer.

Watch the first trailer for Words and Pictures below:

Synopsis:

A witty romantic drama, WORDS AND PICTURES stars the engaging duo of Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen working together on-screen for the first time. Prep school English teacher Jack Marcus (OWEN) laments his students' obsession with social media and good grades rather than engaging with the power of the written word. A one-time literary star, Jack has not published in years filling his spare time with drink versus the art of language. He meets his match in Dina Delsanto (BINOCHE) — an abstract painter and new teacher on campus, who was once celebrated for her art. From the start, the two flirt and provoke each other with equal relish.

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With a performance review looming and his teaching job on the line, Jack hatches an inspired plan for galvanizing student interest in their studies: he declares a war between Words and Pictures, confident that the former can convey greater meaning than the latter. Dina and her art students accept the challenge between Jack and his English students, and the battle lines are drawn.