Film Club : Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Join us for a free monthly movie!

Each month, a new movie will be chosen by one of our friendly library staff members. Watch the film in the comfort of the library, and stick around afterwards to chat with your fellow film-buffs.

This month, we'll be watching Mona Lisa Smile (2003). 

Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts heads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden in Mona Lisa Smile, an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, novice art history professor Katherine Watson (Roberts) begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, which despite its academic reputation is an environment where success is measured by how well the students marry. Encouraging these women to strive for a more enlightened future, Watson challenges the administration and inspires her students to look beyond the image of what is, and consider the possibilities of what could be.