An Education is a movie directed by Lone Scherfig in 2009 and based on the book An Education: My Life Might Have Turned Out Differently if I Had Just Said No by Lynn Barber, first published in 2009. The movie features Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, and others.
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Storyline
In 1961 London, Jenny Mellor is a bright and beautiful 16-year-old schoolgirl who wishes to attend Oxford University. David comes by to pick Jenny up and to talk to her parents, where he easily charms his way into convincing Jack that he take Jenny home later than her intended curfew.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
2009
Pages
199
Book Rate
6.68
S: Goodreads
Book
An Education
Subtitle: My Life Might Have Turned Out Differently if I Had Just Said No
Author: Lynn Barber
Country: UK
First published in: 2009
Length: 199 pages
Genre: Biography
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