Learning to Drive is a 2014 English-language Comedy Drama film written by Sarah Kernochan and directed by Isabel Coixet and produced by Dana Friedman and Daniel Hammond under the banner of Lavender Pictures in collaboration with Core Pictures. Wendy (Patrician Clarkson), a self-absorbed New York book critic, is shocked to reality by the sudden end of her marriage. Always dependent on her husband for driving, she must now learn to take the wheel on her own. Her instructor Darwan (Ben Kingsley) is a Sikh Indian who watches with alarm as his pupil falls apart at the seams. He himself is contemplating an arranged marriage with a woman he has never met. As these two lives intersect, both will change in unpredictable ways. Written by Anonymous. Learning to drive stars Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Grace Gummer, Sarita Choudhury, Avi Nash and Jaseida Mojica. The music was composed by Dhani Harrison along with Paul Hicks. Cinematography was done by Manel Ruiz and editing by Keith Reamer and Thelma Schoonmaker. The film has a running time of 90 minutes. It was released on 3rd July 2014. The film made a box office gross of $5 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Broad Green Pictures.