One of our most highly anticipated films, for what’s left of 2009 is the critically acclaimed Sundance hit “An Education,” by director Lone Scherfig and starring Peter Sarsgaard and apparently an Oscar-worthy performance by British newcomer Carey Mulligan. Everything we’ve heard and read about the picture screams something we need to see and now the film has a new poster and trailer (and a new scene) all within the same week. Here’s the synopsis, but it’s basically a coming of age tale in swinging London.
“An Education” is the story of a teenage girl’s coming-of-age set in 1961 London, a city caught between the drab, post-war 1950s and the glamorous, more liberated decade to come. Jenny (Carey Mulligan) stands on the brink of becoming a woman: a brilliantly witty and attractive 16-year-old whose suburban life is about to be blown apart by the utterly unsuitable 30-something David (Peter Sarsgaard). Urbane and witty, David manages to charm her conservative parents Jack (Alfred Molina) and Marjorie (Cara Seymour). David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world of classical concerts and late-night suppers with his attractive friend and business partner, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Danny’s girlfriend, the beautiful but vacuous Helen (Rosamund Pike). Just as Jenny’s family’s long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, Jenny is tempted by another kind of life
The trailer looks great, dramatic, funny, engaging, inspired, etc. It’s said to play at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, but that hasn’t been confirmed as of yet. It’s set to open in limited release on October 9 via Sony Pictures Classics. We can’t wait.
