Director: Lone Scherfig Writer: Nick Hornby Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Rosumund Pike, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Carey Mulligan Released: October 22, 2009 Rating: Runtime: 100 minutes Websites: Story: "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. Cast: Carey Mulligan Jenny Olivia Williams Miss Stubbs Alfred Molina Jack Cara Seymour Marjorie William Melling Small Boy #1 Connor Catchpole Small Boy #2 Matthew Beard Graham Peter Sarsgaard David Amanda Fairbank-Hynes Hattie Ellie Kendrick Tina Dominic Cooper Danny Rosamund Pike Helen Nick Sampson Auctioneer Kate Duchene Latin Teacher Bel Parker Small Girl