Directed by Lone Scherfig, Based on a true story, In 1961 London, Jenny is a 16-year-old schoolgirl on track to enter Oxford University when she meets a charming Jewish businessman, David Goldman, who pursues her romantically. He takes her to concerts, clubs, and fine restaurants, and easily charms her parents into approving of the relationship. Later, Jenny discovers that David is a con man who makes money through a variety of shady practices. She is initially shocked but silences her misgivings because of David’s persuasive charm, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
