16-year-old Jenny (Kerry Mulligan) is studying in a prep class for a girls' school in rural London, England. His grades were excellent, and he was the "excellent player" expected to be accepted into Oxford University.
He likes French literature, likes listening to French songs, and he wants to go to Paris.
Despite her excellent academic performance, Jenny's Latin literature is terrible, so she usually has to face her parents' nagging.
Even a birthday present was given by my father in a Latin dictionary.
Luckily, Jenny is also studying cello and occasionally takes part in school club activities.
One rainy day, Jenny, who is standing in the rain and waiting for the car, meets David (played by Peter Susgard).
David has the fatal charm of a grown man, is humorous and correct, is not embarrassing, and is very happy to hang out with him.
All of Jenny's literary and artistic thoughts could be answered by her. Jenny loves to listen to classical music, so David takes her to classical concerts.
Jenny loves literature. David and his friends discussed the famous painting with him and shared their opinions.
Jenny likes France, so David took her to Paris.
While playing with David, Jenny saw a world she had never seen before, and lived a life she had never experienced before.
Upscale bars, art auction houses, high-end restaurants, even the coveted Oxford and Paris,
This was a scene found only in books, but now, Jenny herself has lived this long-awaited life.
Jenny is very happy, her life is controlled by her father, but now with David's help, she often sneaks out.
And parents are more happy to see David than to see him. Every time David visits, parents will be strangers to Jenny.
It turns out that they will laugh, laugh, drink, and have fun.
Jenny and David fall in love quickly, and the idea of preparing for Oxford is dumped by Jenny.
At school, he smokes that can only be bought in France, enjoying the jealousy of classmates next to him.
Due to his bad influence, both the teacher and the principal talked to him, and Jenny paid no attention to him.
"Either you are jealous of me, or you are helpless in your own destiny. Isn't it just a teacher who has read so many books to this day?"
When Jenny said these words, she was confident and made sense.
She feels her father is asking her to go to Oxford only to find a better and richer man to marry in the future. In fact, her father Jack (Alfred Molina) really thinks so.
Jenny had a boyfriend of the same age before. Jenny brought it back for dinner. Jack was very dissatisfied with this. The boy looks boring and my girlfriend is not at home.
Hence, it in no way fulfilled Jack's requirements to be son-in-law.
But David was completely different. Not only is he tall and handsome, he's rich in his abilities, and he's from Oxford. The important thing is that he also knows well-known writers and has an extensive network of contacts.
So Jack made exceptions to David over and over again.
Until David proposed to Jenny to marry him, everyone was thrilled, and Jenny rose to the top of the vocals. She raised her hand in class, revealing a sparkling diamond ring.
Then, due to the jealousy of classmates and the helplessness of the teacher, he left the school proudly and impatiently.
She is looking forward to her wedding. Before getting married, David took their family to an upscale restaurant to celebrate. Jack is also worried that he will embarrass himself while ordering food.
They got into the car with anxiety and anticipation. David got off at the gas station halfway. While waiting for him, Jenny got tired of looking for cigarettes and saw lots of envelopes.
It said: XX Concert, Mr. XX, Mrs. XX accept.
When the dream awakens, David has a wife and children, and his house is actually on the corner.
David's dream wakes up, he doesn't even dare to tell Jenny's parents the truth, but runs away after Jenny enters the house.
Jenny wiped her tears, picked up the discarded textbook, and continued supporting the exam.
Finally, he was accepted at Oxford as he wished.
When a boy his age asked him to go to Paris, he was happy as if he had never been to Paris.
The film is adapted from the memoirs of British Sunday Times reporter Lynn Barber whose script was written by Nick Hornby.
It was named one of Variety Magazine's "Best Unproduced British Script of the Year 2007".
The film was also nominated for the 82nd Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The whole film, as the title is written, can be said to be an educational film.
In fact, ever since David appeared, people have been confused about his real identity.
He is rich and in taste, but he is usually not busy. Where did the money come from?
The audience could immediately conclude that she must be cunning, actually imagining "having a husband", but she didn't expect the ending to be a cliche.
The first half of the film is immensely exciting, and the ending is too hasty. Looks like it's over for the finals.
The transition is too blunt and sudden, but if it is adapted from a true story it is only natural, because real life will only be more bloody.
Jenny has gone from being an innocent girl to a graceful, slender woman, but in less than half a year, someone is putting the life of your dreams before you, and it must be hard to resist.
Let alone a high school student who didn't know the world, how sure that even someone who had experienced life would be completely unmoved.
Difficult, the temptations of this society are everywhere, what we want and what we have is often not at the same level.
So, to get what you want, you have to pay a lot. This process is very difficult. Some people can endure to the end, some can only half, and some give up at the beginning.
Because there is a simpler way, beauty and youth are gifts from God, namely talents and strengths that some people have.
As long as you make good use of them, you can easily succeed, but things that are too easy to get cannot be understood when you lose them.
As Zweig wrote in "The Queen of the Decapitation": "She was too young at that time to know that all the gifts bestowed by fate had secretly marked the price."
You have the ability to control the things you have worked hard on, so you don't panic.
If it's someone else's, if you say it's taken, you don't have room for a counterattack.
If the movie doesn't have the ultimate reversal, it's actually a love movie, and the love part is pretty pretty.
However, it has an irresistible and cliché ending. Like reality and imagination, there are always many good things in imagination, and there are always many bad things in reality.
There is no other way but to finish a little.