Films

AN EDUCATION is the story of a teenage girl’s coming-of-age, set in Britain in the early 1960s on the cusp of the strait-laced, post-war period and the free-spirited decade to come. Directed by award-winning Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig (WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF, ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS) from a screenplay by Nick Hornby (HIGH FIDELITY, ABOUT A BOY) AN EDUCATION was adapted from a memoir by journalist Lynn Barber, which originally appeared in the literary magazine Granta.

In the post-war, pre-Beatles London suburbs, a bright schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan), is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the more exciting alternative offered to her by a charismatic older man. She is a diligent student, excelling in every subject, but her older suitor introduces her to a glittering new world of classical concerts, late-night suppers, art auctions and smoky clubs – replacing Jenny’s traditional education with his own version. Just as her family’s long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, she is tempted by another kind of life.

Will this be the making of Jenny or her undoing?