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New Sense and Sensibility film explores love and restraint
Director Georgia Oakley’s film adapts Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility about two sisters seeking love.
In 19th-century England, the Dashwood women lose their home because inheritance rules reserve family property for male heirs.
Eleanor holds back her feelings, while Marianne follows hers openly, and each sister must work out whom she can trust.
Marianne falls quickly for the lively Willoughby, while Colonel Brandon shows his care through steady support; Edward’s caution also causes hurt.
The film suggests lasting love needs responsibility and respect, not passion alone.
It also recreates the period with old estates, country landscapes and formal dances.
The film screened at the Busan International Film Festival and opened in South Korea on October 28.
Georgia Oakley’s new film “Sense and Sensibility” adapts Jane Austen’s 1811 novel about two sisters who approach love in contrasting ways.
Daisy Edgar-Jones plays the reserved, practical Elinor, while Esmé Creed-Miles plays the passionate Marianne.
The story follows the Dashwood women after their father’s death and the loss of their family home under an inheritance system that favors male heirs.
The film explores how passion, responsibility and respect shape relationships.
It was invited to the World Cinema section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival and is set to open on the 28th.
- Who
- Director Georgia Oakley and cast members including Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles. The story centers on sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.
- What
- A new film adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” about love and the balance between reason and emotion.
- When
- Set to open on the 28th; the article does not specify the month in that sentence.
- Where
- The film was invited to the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival. Filming took place at locations in Dorset and Devon, England.
- Why
- The film explores how people experience love and learn to recognize sincerity across differences in temperament.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Jane Austen published the novel on which the film is based.
The film was invited to the World Cinema section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival and shown to Korean audiences.
The film is scheduled to open.
- Director
- Georgia Oakley
- Source novel
- Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” published in 1811
- Lead roles
- Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor; Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne
- Festival
- World Cinema section, 31st Busan International Film Festival
- Runtime
- 133 minutes
- Age rating
- Suitable for audiences aged 12 and older
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What people are saying
The two represent opposing forces that many women have within them at the same time