An Education (12A)
Full of first-rate performances, this captures the giddy hopes and fears of adolescence at the dawn of the swinging sixties
Director: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina
UK, 2009, 1 hour 40 minutes
Fri 26 February 6.15pm, Sun 28 2.15pm & 6.30pm, Wed 3 March 11.30am, Thur 4 11.30am & 6.00pm The Courtyard Hereford
Mulligan is reason alone to see this lively Nick Hornby-scripted adaptation of Lynn Barber's memoir of growing up in Twickenham in the early 1960s. Barber's schoolgirl alter ego, Jenny, falls into a relationship with the older, more worldly David who offers her a window on a more material world - clubs, champagne, drives in the country, sex - than her Oxbridge ambitions allow. He also charms her wide-eyed parents with his apparent wealth and wit. Often very funny, the direction is assured and the recreation of the London of the period utterly convincing, it's also sensitive to how we often see only what we want to see.
Carey Mulligan is the Winner of the BAFTA for Best Actress 2010
On Friday the screening is sponsored by Barclays
On Sunday the screening is sponsored by Hakusembe Lodge
On Thursday the screening is sponsored by Mrs Christine Evans
