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Samuel Levinson (born January 8, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is the son of Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson. In 2010, he received his first writing credit as a co-writer for the action comedy film Operation Endgame. The following year, he made his directorial film debut with Another Happy Day (2011), which premiered at Sundance Film Festival. He then received a writing credit on his father's HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017). He continued writing and directing feature films for Assassination Nation (2018) and Malcolm & Marie (2021). In 2019, Levinson created the HBO teen drama series Euphoria, adapted from the Israeli series of the same name. The series is popular with audiences and received positive reviews from critics. In 2023, he created the HBO series The Idol, which was controversial and received negative reviews. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Levinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ten years after graduating from high school, former geeky, bullied-outcast James has managed to put his life together and reinvent himself somewhat for the better. Still, the trauma brought on by the pain and humiliation from his school years remains as he is invited back for a reunion, though reluctant to return, James eventually decides to go, hoping he can finally bring closure to his past pain. While he's there, he is suddenly reunited with the only person who was ever nice to him in high school, his beautiful and kindhearted former English teacher Emma Trevelyan, whom he had a massive crush on back then, and what starts as a rekindled casual friendship gradually evolves into an intense, scandalous relationship. As Emma offers to help James with all his past school-related trauma, he ultimately discovers some deep, dark secrets about her he never knew...
