A charmer of a film and perfect for the Keswick Alhambra. We begin in Paris as we follow Agathe, who is hopelessly clumsy yet charming, and full of contradictions, who dreams of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel. Instead she finds herself stuck in desperate singlehood, spending her days working in the legendary Parisian British bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, rather than pursuing her own ambitions of becoming a novelist.
But when an unexpected invitation to the Jane Austen
Writers' Residency in England lands in her lap, Agathe is in for an eye-opening
and life-changing experience. Encouraged to confront her insecurities and
explore her true romantic, sexual and creative nature, in part thanks to her
eccentric co-residents, Agathe realises it’s time to stop wasting her
sentimental life and take control - over both her writing aspirations, and her
very own love story.
Starring
Camille Rutherford (Anatomy of a Fall), Pablo Pauly (The French
Dispatch) and Charlie Anson (Death on the Nile), Jane Austen
Wrecked My Life is an uplifting and heart-warming throwback to classic
romance, with a modern sensibility, marking the directorial debut of acclaimed
screenwriter Laura Piani.
