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An Education

Rating:PG-13 (for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking)
Genre:Drama
Release Date:October 9, 2009
Running time:99 minutes
Cast:Emma Thompson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
Director:Lone Scherfig
Producer:Finola Dwyer
Writer:Nick Hornby
Distributor:Sony Classics

Description: 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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