Becoming Jane
RomanceDrama
7.311/10
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|120 min
Release Date: 2007-03-02
Overview - Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.
Production Companies
Ecosse Films2 EntertainScion FilmsBBC FilmBlueprint PicturesFís Éireann/Screen Ireland
User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/10
**Romanticizing Jane.** Jane Austen was a nonconformist. She was the seventh child of an Anglican priest and belonged to what we might now call the middle class. She had many books at home, and both parents taught her to read and write, supported her, recognized in her the same talent we all know her now. Moreover, she was unlucky in love: it does not seem that her parents sought to marry her, ...
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