The Education of Jane Cumming
Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom 2026
Dir: Sophie Heldman
Cast: Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia, Fiona Shaw
English / 113m
In cinemas early 2027
Edinburgh, 1810. Teachers Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods embark on their dream of an independent life together and open a boarding school. Their lives are changed forever when a wealthy aristocrat enrols her 'illegitimate' 15-year-old grandchild from India. The teachers struggle to integrate Jane Cumming who remains an outsider among her classmates.
Miss Pirie and Miss Woods are brought closer to the girl when the grandmother insists they look after her over the summer. Private and professional lines blur, affection between them grows and they start to form an unlikely family. Tensions rise as the new term begins. The teachers are overwhelmed with the girl's increasing desire for closeness and their own changing relationship. As Jane Cumming begins to feel excluded from her new family, she demands to be taken home to her grandmother. An accusation follows, resulting in a legal battle that would last a decade and scandalise the Scottish establishment. Based on true events.
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“A classically well-made and affectingly performed period drama... compelling”
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