An Education

Saturday I watched An Education.

Wikipedia:

 An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on an autobiographical article in Granta by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming Jewish conman who seduces her. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards in 2009 including Best Picture^[2] and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan.^[3]

The story in short by IMDB:

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.

I’m not lyrical about the movie, but it looked beautiful. The way Jenny treats cello’s (she plays the cello) is a little bit unrealistic. She plays totally different notes than her neighbor cellist in the youth orchestra, doesn’t mind a cello in the sun etc. Therefore I couldn’t get in to it, but after three quarters of watching the movie, I loved it! I believed in the characters. The photography is perfect. I also really liked the clothes and music from the late fifties/early sixties. It’s a happy movie, but also a bit frightening, because you hold your breath and hope for the best ending for Jenny.

I thought it’s cool the main character Jenny and I both play the cello, are 17, (are planning to) go the university and are only child at home. 

One song from the soundtrack: You’ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger by Beth Rowley.