An Education

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Actors: Alfred Molina , Peter Sarsgaard , Olivia Williams , Cara Seymour , Rosamund Pike , Carey Mulligan , Dominic Cooper , Bel Parker , Matthew Beard , William Melling , Nick Sampson , Amanda Fairbank-Hynes , Connor Catchpole , Kate Duchene , Ellie Kendrick

Director: Lone Scherfig

IMDB Rate: 7.7 out of 10 (8354 votes)

Plot Summary:In the early 1960s, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her fathers wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jennys life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and Davids relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford.