An Education

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to see this — but watch the trailer & judge for yourself.

Literature is full of cautionary tales of innocent young women seduced by smooth-talking rakes. Jenny, a dutiful student and a passionate consumer of modern novels and French pop records, has surely encountered more than a few such stories. But at 16 and in a terrible hurry, she seems less inclined to learn from the mistakes of wayward romantic heroines than to join their ranks.

(From the NYTimes review)

Posted Monday, October 12th, at 6:22 AM (∞).