Overview
Plot
Young Jane Austen's parents want her to marry a wealthy nephew, but she fears such a union would crush her creativity. Instead, she falls for Tom Lefroy, a penniless apprentice lawyer who teaches her about the heart.
- 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, Chris McHallem, Helen McCrory, Michael Patric, Elaine Murphy, Tom Maguire
- Country
- United Kingdom, Ireland
- Genre
- Romance, Drama
- Release date
- 2007-03-02
- Studios
- Ecosse Films, 2 Entertain, Scion Films, BBC Film, Blueprint Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, HanWay Films, UK Film Council
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Becoming Jane Plot and Cast
Jane Austen's financially strained parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, but Jane knows that a loveless union would destroy her creativity and self-worth. She instead becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer whose romance gives her the emotional insight she later draws on as a novelist.
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