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An Education

Summary: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

Release Date: February 05, 2010

Genre: Drama

Director: Lone Scherfig

Writers: Lynn Barber

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: BBC Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films, Endgame Entertainment, An Education Distribution, Odyssey Entertainment

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, HBO Max, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,500,000

Domestic: $ 12,574,914

International: $ 13,521,938

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1960s academia drama adult actress playing teenage girl adultery african anglo age difference anglo african animated opening credits anti semitic slur anti semitism armadillo art art auction art theft auction badminton banana bar bare chested male beatnik bet betrayal bicycle birthday birthday cake birthday present biscuit blowing out candle book book inscription bordeaux st germaine paris bordeaux st germaine paris boredom bourgeoisie bus cafe cambridge university camera candle cellist cello cemetery champagne chanel #5 perfume cheater cheating husband chelsea london children cigarette cigarette lighter cigarette smoking class class differences classical music classroom coming coming coming of age coming of age drama con man concert cooking class coward crying culture dance class dancer dancing dancing in the street deception dictionary dog dog race dog track drink drinking dropping out of school education egg beater eiffel tower paris engagement engagement ring england existentialism extramarital affair f rated father daughter relationship field hockey filling station first kiss flowers forgery forging an autograph forging an autograph france french friend friendship fur coat gas station gift girl dates an older man girl dates an older man girls' school glove compartment gossip greyhound greyhound racing grief hairy chest hairy chested man hand kissing handshake headmistress heavy rain high school hobby hotel room house for sale hugging hula hoop husband wife relationship impostor infidelity innocence jazz club jazz combo jazz music jew jewish judaism kiss kitchen lacrosse latin latin book latin book latin class letter lie listening to music london england loss of virginity male female relationship map marriage engagement marriage proposal mirror money montage mother daughter relationship mother son relationship music class naivety neighbor nightclub nylon leg old man older man younger woman relationship only child orchestra overbearing father oxford oxford university pacing pain painter painting paris france partner in crime photographer photography playing catch posture pram pre raphaelite pre raphaelite pregnancy pretending to use a banana as a telephone pretending to use a banana as a telephone private school pub rain reading record player recording reference to albert camus reference to c.s. lewis reference to c.s. lewis reference to eamonn andrews reference to eamonn andrews reference to edward burne jones reference to edward elgar reference to edward elgar reference to jacques brel reference to jane eyre reference to juliette greco reference to maurice ravel reference to minnie mouse reference to prince rainier of monaco reference to shakespeare's king lear reference to the lion the witch and the wardrobe reference to virgil reference to william shakespeare rehearsal restaurant rock 'n' roll scam artist school friend school uniform schoolgirl uniform secret seduction seine river sex scene singer singing singing in a car singing in french slow motion scene smooth talker sneaking a cigarette snow snowing socialite song sports car st john's smith square london st john's smith square london string orchestra string orchestra studying stuffed armadillo stuffed armadillo suburb sunglasses supper supper club swindler taking a picture taking advantage of old ladies taking advantage of old ladies tea tea party teacher student relationship tears teasing teddy boy teenage boy teenage girl theft thief timeframe 1960s title directed by female travel twickenham london twickenham london two word title umbrella underage girlfriend underage sex underage smoking undressing unfaithful husband unfaithfulness upper class violin violinist virgin virginity waiting for a bus walking in the rain walking with a book on one's head wealth weekend trip west end london westminster abbey london woman wears eyeglasses year 1961 youth orchestra

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