Jane Austen Comes to Aldeburgh!
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth with this Oscar-winning adaptation starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslett, lan Rickman and Hugh Grant.
Ang Lee was a bold but inspired choice of director for this adaptation of Jane Austen’s tale of the Dashwood sisters – sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) and the more romantically inclined Marianne (Kate Winslet) – looking for love in reduced circumstances after losing their country estate on the death of their father. Emma Thompson, whose Oscar-winning screenplay gives a mildly feminist spin to the sisters’ plight, provides the film’s quiet and wistful heart amidst more eye-catching performances from a gallery of British acting talent, including Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman and the young Kate Winslet, Oscar-nominated in only her third film role.
