Life seems nothing more than a quick succession of busy nothings.
Laced with witty observations about sex, class and money, Rozema incorporates Jane Austen's early letters and journals to create in the heroine Fanny Price some of the qualities of the wickedly observant and witty young author herself.
When a spirited young woman is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she’s meant to learn the ways of proper society, but she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own.
Starring:
Harold Pinter, Lindsay Duncan, Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, James Purefoy, Shelia Gish
Director:
Patricia Rozema
Producers:
Sarah Curtis
Screenplay:
Patricia Rozema
Executive Producers:
David Aukin, Trea Hoving, Colin Leventhal, David M. Thompson, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Sales agent:
InterMedia and Miramax International
Distributor:
Credits summary:
Miramax Films and BBC Films present in association with the Arts Council of England a HAL Films Production of a Patricia Rozema film
Certificate:
15
Running time:
112 mins
Released:
8 December 1999
Out on DVD:
4 December 2001