Becoming Jane (2007)

120 min · Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, romance film

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Directors

Julian Jarrold

Cast

Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe Anderson, Lucy Cohu, Laurence Fox, Ian Richardson, Anna Maxwell Martin, Leo Bill, Jessica Ashworth, Michael James Ford, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

The story

Jane Austen is the youngest daughter of Reverend George Austen and his wife Cassandra, who have yet to find a suitable husband for her. She aspires to be a writer, to the dismay of her mother and proud delight of her father. Thomas Lefroy is a promising lawyer with a bad reputation, which he describes as "typical" for lawyers, and is sent to live in the country by his uncle to calm him down.

Catalogue themes and tags

1790s, Anonymous Letter, Autorin, Betrug, Boxing, Britannien, Candlestick, Class Difference, Country House, Country Life, Creativity, Dance, Empowerment, England, Familie, Independence, Irland, Jane Austen, Judge, Kricket, Law, Lovesickness, Lovestory, Nudity, Parish, Piano, Poverty, Prediger, Pärchen, Run Away, Sister, Sister Sister Relationship, Sterben, Unhappy Love, Unrequited Love, Voyeurismus, Zeichensprache, approval, earth in future, gebrochenes Herz, verrat, Biography, Costume drama, Period piece, Drama, Biopic [feature], Romantic drama, Romance Film, Biographical film

Genres

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, romance film

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