Spring 2010
May 3
 An
Education
UK 2009, 95 minutes, drama
Director: Lone Scherfig
Script by Lynn Barber & British author Nick Hornby
A coming-of-age story about teenage Jenny (Carey Mulligan) in 1960s suburban
London. Her parents are determined their daughter will have an Oxford education
and a better life than they had, but Jenny’s life changes with the arrival
of David (Peter Sarsgaard), a playboy nearly twice her age. Envisioning the lifestyle
David can provide, Jenny goes from being a bright, diligent student to questioning
her own values and parental pressure for Oxford academia. Emma Thompson stars
as the school’s starchy headmistress and Alfred Molina, as Jenny’s
father, brilliantly portrays what a greedy parent will do to relieve financial
pressures.
“Mulligan exudes a sparkler-like intellectual charm that never quite manages
to hide the confused teenager within.” (Chris Barsanti – New
York Film Critics On-line)
Won the Audience Choice award and Cinematography award at the 2009 Sundance
Film Festival.
LINKS
» Official
website with trailer.
» Lessons
in charm, and complex emotional equations. Review
by LIam Lacey, The Globe and Mail.
» Exclusive
Interview: Director Lone Scherfig, “An Education” from Hulu.com.
» An
Education Director Lone Scherfig on Adapting Nick Hornby and Casting Carey
Mulligan, from New York Magazine.
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