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An Education

Summary: 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.
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: PG-13

Language: English
Movie budget: $ 7,500,000
Domestic: $ 12,574,914
International: $ 13,521,938
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