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An Education

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An Education	comment	A 2009 British Coming of Age drama film, set in 1961 London.Sixteen-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is attending school, preparing for her A-levels and hoping to go to Oxford. One day, she meets an older man named David (Peter Sarsgaard), who charms her into a romance, distracting from her schoolwork. David introduces her to a whole new world out of her little suburb—a world of nightclubs, auctions for beautiful paintings, racing, and romance. Jenny soon has to make a choice between the academic world she's always prepared for—and the world of fun.But little does she know how much David is hiding...
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An Education / int_14e41a53	type	A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
An Education / int_14e41a53	comment	A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: David. A charming, cultured man who resorts to con jobs to keep up his lavish lifestyle and preys on schoolgirls despite being married with children.
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An Education / int_187228e0	type	Bridal Carry
An Education / int_187228e0	comment	Bridal Carry: David carries Jenny in his arms shortly before they have sex for the first time.
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An Education / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
An Education / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The segment that the trailer showed of Emma Thompson's character made her seem like a rather stern but not unkind mentor—"You must think I'm a ruined woman." "Oh, no. You're not a woman." Not so in the actual movie.
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An Education / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
An Education / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Jenny's friends, Hattie and Tina. They're a great Greek Chorus for Jenny's ego, hanging on every detail of her romance, but then either she dumps them or they dump her because they're never seen again. Though, it might be because she dropped out of school, so it wasn't necessary for them to be seen again. A deleted scene would have shown Jenny apologising to them for being a bad friend after The Reveal.
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An Education / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
An Education / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: David claims Danny is this when he doesn't seem too pleased by Jenny's engagement to David; Danny just didn't want Jenny to get hurt because both Helen and he knew that David was already married.
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An Education / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
An Education / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: David's letters in the glove compartment of his car are shown several times before it's importance is revealed. David helps out a black family move into an apartment. Jenny sees an old woman looking out of the window. Both are plot-relevant.
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An Education / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
An Education / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: Of sorts. David takes Jenny to Paris, a place she has always wanted to go to, as she loves French books, films, and music. At the end of the film, Jenny's boyfriend said he wants to take her to Paris, and Jenny narrates that she acted surprised, as if she had never been there before.
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An Education / int_2b12851f	type	Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills
An Education / int_2b12851f	comment	Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills: Jenny is so infatuated with David that it never occurs to her that he might already be married.
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An Education / int_2b98ddb5	type	Liquid Courage
An Education / int_2b98ddb5	comment	Liquid Courage: Jenny mentions that David is engaging in this before coming in to confess to her parents that he's already married. She bitterly and sarcastically adds on "Stolen liquid courage, from the looks of it." , having finally seen the light about all of David's behavior.
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An Education / int_34f8042a	type	Gratuitous French
An Education / int_34f8042a	comment	Gratuitous French: Used often by Jenny, out of the blue and lampshaded bluntly by Helen:
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An Education / int_35e077	type	Fourth-Date Marriage
An Education / int_35e077	comment	Fourth-Date Marriage: Within roughly weeks (if not months), David pops the question to Jenny.
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An Education / int_42c186e	type	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness
An Education / int_42c186e	comment	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: Jenny accepts David's proposal despite only knowing him for a matter of weeks or months, deciding to drop out of school and not attend university. Unsurprisingly, the older, cunning conman turns out to be hiding a wife and children, not to mention the string of other paramours he's abandoned.
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An Education / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
An Education / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Girl: David is a gender-flipped version for Jenny. Later deconstructed, when it turns out that David is not all that he seems.
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An Education / int_495c9e84	type	Escapism
An Education / int_495c9e84	comment	Escapism: Jenny's attraction to the cultured, traveled David is based in her reluctance to follow what she considers to be the only two options at home: continue her education and be bored working forever, or get married and become a bored housewife. Though the film ends on something of an Anti-Escapism Aesop as Jenny reels from the shock of David's true nature and realizes the importance of an education.
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An Education / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
An Education / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: Jenny starts the film as a kind, naive bookworm eager to explore the world and not spend her whole life studying. Discovering David's true nature leaves her shattered and in tears, knowing that she pushed away loved ones and (almost) ruined her chances at an education because of a liar.
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An Education / int_4d0372b	type	Everybody Knew Already
An Education / int_4d0372b	comment	Everybody Knew Already: Rather, they didn't even try to keep it a secret. Seriously, when your headmistress knows not only that you are planning on losing your virginity, but when, to whom, and roughly where, you are doing something very wrong. Helen and Danny, regarding David's history with other girls and women. Though it doesn't seem to bother either of them until it happened to Jenny.
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An Education / int_4f10672d	type	Wrong Guy First
An Education / int_4f10672d	comment	Wrong Guy First: David is Jenny's first real relationship. He turns out to be a married serial cheater, but the epilogue implies she's had satisfying relationships in Oxford.
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An Education / int_4f773434	type	Wise Beyond Their Years
An Education / int_4f773434	comment	Wise Beyond Her Years: Jenny seems sure that she's wise and pretty clever for a girl of her age. She really isn't. And she lampshades it in this exchange with Miss Stubbs:
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An Education / int_4fbc0887	type	Beneath the Mask
An Education / int_4fbc0887	comment	Beneath the Mask: David impresses everyone as charismatic, cultured and suave. In reality, he's not only a shameless, selfish conman but a married man who suffers no guilt from repeatedly cheating on his wife and ruining his family life by preying on naive schoolgirls.
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An Education / int_52196c03	type	Age-Gap Romance
An Education / int_52196c03	comment	Age-Gap Romance: Jenny is sixteen and has a relationship with David who appears to be in his mid-to-late twenties. Her parents are not too happy about it, but he soon charms them completely and they allow Jenny to date him. He asks her to marry him and she agrees. It turns out he's already married. She tracks down his house and gets to meet David's wife who is shattered. Not by David's cheating, she's used to that; she's shattered by Jenny's youth.
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An Education / int_52c0c7cf	type	Motive Decay
An Education / int_52c0c7cf	comment	Motive Decay: An in-universe example. Jenny wants to attend Oxford so that she can study and read English. After being exposed to David and his much more attractive life (and at the approval of her parents), Jenny gives this up to marry David, as he can already give her the life she has always wanted. This decision comes back to bite her.
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An Education / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
An Education / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: Helen and Danny. Subverted in that Danny frequently seems annoyed by Helen's airheaded nature, but they're still together in the end.
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An Education / int_5b9cf82b	type	Education Mama
An Education / int_5b9cf82b	comment	Education Papa: Jenny's dad. He approves of Jenny's intentions of going to Oxford, and he pressures her even more to study and work on her dream. Ideally, she should be only studying and improving her Latin, and as far as music goes, her playing the violin is just fine, none of the French modern music nonsense! He simply doesn't want her to be distracted by anything inappropriate. However, he's also fairly kind and understanding, and Jenny's mom knows how to influence him.
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An Education / int_65c0f3fa	type	Dance of Romance
An Education / int_65c0f3fa	comment	Dance of Romance: David and Jenny, falling in love, are waltzing in the street and they later dance in Paris.
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An Education / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
An Education / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: The headmistress has no business butting into Jenny's personal life, but she's not entirely wrong to try and warn her about her behavior, especially considering how everything turned out.
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An Education / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
An Education / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: David is married.
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An Education / int_71152dd	type	One Dialogue, Two Conversations
An Education / int_71152dd	comment	One Dialogue, Two Conversations: While Jenny and Danny are dancing, they have a discussion about art. Or at least, this is what Jenny thinks. Danny is really subtly warning Jenny that David isn't what he seems.
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An Education / int_79729e6d	type	Uptight Loves Wild
An Education / int_79729e6d	comment	Uptight Loves Wild: Jenny and David's relationship at first; she's a lower-class, studious schoolgirl while he's a rogueish, cultured conman who can show her everything she's ever dreamed off. She even tells off her headmistress and teacher because she would rather have a lavish, exciting life with David than live a "boring," studious life going to university. Only when his deception is revealed, and she realizes that deceiving paramours is his version of fun, does she finally realize the importance of her education.
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An Education / int_7efd2e30	type	Expository Hairstyle Change
An Education / int_7efd2e30	comment	Expository Hairstyle Change: Jenny wears her hair in sophisticated updos when she's with David and his friends, but goes back to her usual girlish hairstyle both when she's at home or at school, and once she discovers his deception and the relationship ends, representing the fact that for all her attempts at seeming grown-up, that she is still really a child.
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An Education / int_83cef301	type	Right for the Wrong Reasons
An Education / int_83cef301	comment	Right for the Wrong Reasons: Jenny's teacher is right to be suspicious of David, and to advise Jenny against marrying him. Unfortunately, it's because David is Jewish.
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An Education / int_8748f851	type	Brainy Brunette
An Education / int_8748f851	comment	Brainy Brunette Jenny has brown hair and she is a genuine smart cookie, though still naive, which is understandable because she's 16. This is a contrast to Dumb Blonde Helen.
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An Education / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
An Education / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: Jenny doesn't get the glamorous life with David she'd dreamed of, though she is shown with a boyfriend when she makes it to Oxford.
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An Education / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
An Education / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: Assumed, but not intended. In the final scene with Jenny and her new boyfriend biking around the Oxford campus, David's car can be seen parked on the side of the street. This is remnant from the longer original ending in which David tries to win Jenny back. Carey Mulligan and director Lone Scherfig joke on the DVD commentary that only a few people actually catch this on the first viewing and those who do catch it assume that David has resorted to stalking her.
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An Education / int_8e4a0f15	type	Dumb Blonde
An Education / int_8e4a0f15	comment	Dumb Blonde: Helen. She's not particularly bright and has little use for education and culture and looks down at anything unglamorous with derision, much to the cultured Danny's frustration.
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An Education / int_9555d7c5	type	All That Glitters
An Education / int_9555d7c5	comment	All That Glitters: Nearing the climax of the film, Jenny chooses to take the easy way out by dropping out of school and marrying David. However, it is revealed that David is already married, and he runs out on Jenny when she finds out.
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An Education / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
An Education / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: Helen and Danny's discomfort with David's flirtations with Jenny gets this when you realize that not only did they know he was married, Jenny isn't the first girl he's done this to.
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An Education / int_997ce6ad	type	Boyfriend-Blocking Dad
An Education / int_997ce6ad	comment	Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Jenny's dad obviously dislikes Jenny's suitor Graham and is initially a bit wary of David, but David's charm easily persuades him.
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An Education / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
An Education / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Frequent discussion of Jane Eyre in Jenny's English class. Mr. Rochester was keeping his wife a secret as well.
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An Education / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
An Education / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: A recurring theme played throughout the film plays hints to David and his schemes.
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An Education / int_a18042f1	type	Left the Background Music On
An Education / int_a18042f1	comment	Left the Background Music On: Whenever a French song plays in the background, it's most likely this.
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An Education / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
An Education / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: When Jenny discovers that David is a married man, she is devastated, as she dropped out of school and didn't take her A-levels to be with him.
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An Education / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
An Education / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Graham to Jenny, and though she originally reciprocates his affection she grows cool to him after getting involved with David. After his awkward appearance at her 17th birthday party, he's never seen again.
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An Education / int_a4905771	type	Double-Meaning Title
An Education / int_a4905771	comment	Double-Meaning Title: The title can refer to Jenny's school education, which she gains an appreciation for by the end of the film, or her education of life, which she thinks she's getting by hanging around the cultured David and his friends. Though the real education is her naive worldview being rocked by The Reveal of David's true character and her growing up a bit.
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An Education / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
An Education / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Several scenes. Often, whenever the music changes tone is a hint to David's shady schemes.
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An Education / int_a5001f7f	type	Chekhov's Classroom
An Education / int_a5001f7f	comment	Chekhov's Classroom: The discussions of Jane Eyre in Jenny's English class.
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An Education / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
An Education / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: David, though a Deleted Scene in which he encounters Jenny at Oxford shows that his thieving ways finally caught up with him and that he spent some time in prison
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An Education / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
An Education / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: Jenny starts off as a bright but naive girl eager to explore the world, and thinks she's finally getting an education of a different sort by being involved with the older, cultured, charming David. Though the true lesson is the importance of education, wisdom and self-reliance when the truth about David is revealed.
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An Education / int_b9c3de84	type	Bumbling Dad
An Education / int_b9c3de84	comment	Bumbling Dad: Jack is easily swayed by David's charisma despite his doddering attempts to keep Jenny in school and out of trouble. After David's deception is revealed he apologizes to Jenny for not paying closer attention.
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An Education / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
An Education / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: David has no concern for the people around him, whether it's his neglected family or the girls he seduces and abandons. When Jenny finds out his secret he refuses to accept responsibility for what he did and runs away. Even when he's trying to do what he thinks is the right thing in a deleted scene, when he finds Jenny at Oxford, he responds to her justified anger with "Please don't be unkind," and honestly seems to believe that she'd still want to marry him after she's rebuilt her life and gotten to attend university.
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An Education / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
An Education / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: Jenny is attracted to David because he's a fun, exciting alternative to a "boring" life of studying and teaching. When it's revealed he's actually married with children and has a long string of schoolgirl paramours, she realizes that the affairs were his version of a fun, exciting alternative to his "boring" family life.
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An Education / int_c5385ad9	type	Horrible Judge of Character
An Education / int_c5385ad9	comment	Horrible Judge of Character: Even after learning of David's shady business, Jenny continues to be strung along by David until the climax. Her father also, as he admits that he heard something that should have tipped him off to the fact that David wasn't completely honest, but he chose to ignore it, having himself been so drawn in by David's flashy lifestyle.
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An Education / int_cb83d23b	type	I Just Want to Be Special
An Education / int_cb83d23b	comment	I Just Want to Be Special: Jenny is attracted to David and his adventurous life, full of concerts, jazz music, and parties, in comparison to her apparent "boring" life, full of attending school, studying for Oxford, and reading Latin.
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An Education / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
An Education / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Jenny pulls this twice on David for his shady business (but she gets over it quickly) and when she finds out about his wife; she also pulls this on Danny, who always knew about the latter. Danny counters this by reminding Jenny that she didn't think too much of their shady business either. Jenny's teacher and headmistress both question Jenny on her romance with an older guy on more than one occasion. And Jenny pushes right back.
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An Education / int_dc579c91	comment	Contrived Coincidence: Jenny meeting David. Not so much when it's revealed he actually lives down the street from her.
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An Education / int_f5f79e56	comment	Hard-Work Montage: Jenny studying to get into Oxford after re-entering school following the fallout with David.
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An Education / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
An Education / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: David turns out to be a lying scumbag, and Jenny finds herself without her test results and without an admittance letter to Oxford. She chooses to work hard to get there despite it all, gets accepted, and moves on to what looks like a pleasant and accomplished life.
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An Education / int_feac0f90	comment	Ephebophile: Jenny is only 16 when David takes an interest in her. Even creepier, it seems that he pursues her not just because he's a deviant, but because he knows at her young age, she'll be naive and foolish enough to never question or doubt anything he says or does, as demonstrated by how quickly she buys his and Danny's feeble explanation for their thievery.
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An Education / int_ff2ceef1	comment	Old Maid: Miss Stubbs. Jenny rubs her face into it until she finds out David's deception and reconciles with her, realizing Miss Stubbs has a perfectly content life.
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