Sun 9 May: 'An Education': ChOC's film of the month

Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Bar from 6.45.

In this coming-of-age story, set in 1960s Britain, Nick Hornby turns from novels to screenplays with this talent-driven drama.

Carey Mulligan (Bleak House) stars as Jenny, a young woman full of promise and intent to study at Oxford. But meeting a smooth, wealthy older man (Peter Sarsgaard) leads Jenny to believe that she can learn things outside the classroom, casting doubt on her future plans. Directed by 'Italian for Beginners'’ Lone Scherfig, 'An Education' also stars Alfred Molina, Rosamunde Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams and Emma Thompson.

"Nick Hornby has adroitly adapted and given a dramatic shape to the bestselling memoir by Lynn Barber, telling the true story of how, in the early 1960s, she was seduced as a 16-year-old schoolgirl by an older man … It's a sad, painful comedy, and the lovely performance from Mulligan makes it a very enjoyable film." (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

I suspect that many of us will actually be cheering Jenny on. She’s an ingénue, stepping out from the cosiness of suburbia to a dizzier, be-bopping universe where she gets to smoke foreign cigarettes, dance the night away, and slum it at Walthamstow greyhound stadium. 'I’m going to be French and wear black,' she declares at one point." (Sukhdev Sandhu in the Telegraph)

For more reviews, stills from the film and the trailer, click on www.chocfilms.info

This is ChOC's film of the month, screened in the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Our famous wine and beer bar is open from 6.45. Tickets £4.50 in advance from News and Things, Cotswold Frames and Evenlode Books, or on the door.

'An Education' is Cert 12A and lasts 107 mins.

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