Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
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Directed by Laura Piani
R; 94 minutes; English and French
“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life captures the magic of one of Austen’s works without being a direct adaptation. The silly hijinks and the miscommunication that are the backbone of her novels are present in the film. —Tina Kakadelis, Film Obsessive
Agathe (Camille Rutherford) is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love as described in Jane Austen novels, Agathe finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When her best friend (Pablo Pauly) gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Austen moment . . . and gets caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. To achieve her romantic and professional dreams, Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself.
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