The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) starring Maggie Smith. At a girls' school in Scotland in the 1930s, Miss Jean Brodie (Smith) teaches history -- officially -- while instructing "her girls" in art and culture. She fancies herself to be "in her prime," though viewers of the movie can see that she is verging on middle age. For her high spirits, the girls whom she teaches adore her -- but the authorities at the school where she teaches are not happy with her, nor her teaching methods. To top it all off, Miss Brodie is shockingly naive in her political beliefs -- she thinks that Mussolini in Italy and Franco in Spain are great men. She is a passionate person with many conflicting opinions. One must wonder if, ultimately, she will find life to be a disappointment. Smith won an Oscar for her performance. In acting, direction and staging, this is a nearly perfect film. The subtitles are very good. Grade: A
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