MOVIE SYNOPSIS
An Education
It's 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny is poised on the brink of womanhood. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin. One rainy day, her suburban life is upended by the arrival of an unsuitable suitor, 30- ish David. Urbane and witty, David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world of classical concerts and late-night suppers. Just as the family's long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, Jenny is tempted by another kind of life. Will David be the making of Jenny or her undoing?
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Disarming and unexpectedly poignant, An Education contrasts the knowledge learned inx school with that learned from life.
The pupil in question is Jenny, a 16-year-old honors student circa 1961 at a girls' prep school in Twickenham, a middle-class London suburb, who is destined for Oxford.
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MPAA rating:
PG-13
for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking
Cast:
Sally Hawkins; Carey Mulligan; Emma Thompson; Matthew Beard; Alfred Molina; Dominic Cooper; Olivia Williams; Rosamund Pike; Peter Sarsgaard; Cara Seymour
Directed by:
Lone Scherfig
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Drama Running time:
01:39
Release date:
2009
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