Lose your heart and come to your senses.
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Emma ThompsonElinor Dashwood
- Kate WinsletMarianne Dashwood
- Alan RickmanColonel Christopher Brandon
- Hugh GrantEdward Ferrars
- Gemma JonesMrs. Dashwood
- Greg WiseJohn Willoughby
- Elizabeth SpriggsMrs. Jennings
- Imogen StubbsLucy Steele
- Harriet WalterFanny Ferrars Dashwood
- James FleetJohn Dashwood
Crew
- Ang LeeDirector
- Emma ThompsonScreenplay
- Jane AustenNovel
- Michael CoulterDirector of Photography
- Patrick DoyleOriginal Music Composer
- Tim SquyresEditor
- Lindsay DoranProducer
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