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An Education (2009)

An Education (2009)

Drama Romance

An education isn't always by the book.

Release Date: 2009, October 29
Directors: Lone Scherfig
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC Film, Wildgaze Films, Endgame Entertainment
Cast: Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, James Norton, William Melling, Emma Thompson, Peter Sarsgaard, Matthew Beard, Sally Hawkins, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Cara Seymour, Dominic Cooper

Overview:

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.

Keywords:

woman director family coming of age cautionary love parent child relationship adolescence teenage life age difference self-discovery love affair based on memoir or autobiography