Recently Shown - AN EDUCATION (2009)
Friday, February 12th - Thursday, February 18th
Director: Lone Scherfig
Rating: PG-13 * 1 hour 35 minutes * Drama
Starring: Carrie Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard
Nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actress (Carrie Mulligan), Best Adapted Screenplay (Nick Hornby)
It's 1961 and Jenny is an attractive, bright 16-year-old girl can't wait for adult life to begin. She's a diligent student and her goal is Oxford University. Her suburban life is upended when she meets David, 30-ish, urbane and witty. He even manages to charm her conservative parents. Very quickly David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world, and replaces her traditional education with his own version. Will David be the making of Jenny or her undoing?
"This tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom is thrilling --for the radiance of Carey Mulligan's Jenny, who's wonderfully smart and perilously tender; for the grace of Lone Scherfig's direction, and the brilliance of Nick Hornby's screenplay."-WALL STREET JOURNAL