, 100 min, 2009
Carey Mulligan (Jenny Mellor), Olivia Williams (Miss Stubbs), Alfred Molina (Jack Mellor), Cara Seymour (Marjorie), William Melling (Small Boy #1), Connor Catchpole (Small Boy #2), Matthew Beard (Graham), Peter Sarsgaard (David Goldman), Amanda Fairbank-Hynes (Hattie), Ellie Kendrick (Tina), Dominic Cooper (Danny), Rosamund Pike (Helen), Nick Sampson (Auctioneer), Kate Duchêne (Latin Teacher (as Kate Duchene)), Bel Parker (Small Girl). Directed by Lone Scherfig and produced by Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey. Screenplay by Nick Hornby, based on the memoir by Lynn Barber.
Lone Scherfig’s An Education is magical, a delight from start to finish, a true (near-)masterpiece. Period. Its tale is one as old as time, its lead character swept up into a whirlwind and we, the audience, right along with her. The outcome is inevitable, and can be sighted a hundred miles away. We suspect something’s up right from the start. So does everyone in the film. Except for Jenny. Continue reading