Jane Austen Wrecked My Life15

Directed by Laura Piani | France | 2025 | 1h 38m | French w/ English subtitles | Starring Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Annabelle Lengronne, Alan Fairbairn

Agathe, a charming but floundering young woman, works in Paris’s iconic Shakespeare & Co. bookshop. Dreaming of love and literary success, she gets a second chance when her best friend lands her a spot at a Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England. There, she’s swept into an unexpected love triangle straight out of an Austen novel. Writer-director Laura Piani’s delightful debut is a witty, modern romantic comedy that wears its literary heart on its sleeve.

Reviews

‘By the end, romance in the abstract becomes something much more real — and we can’t help but fall for all these characters ourselves.’
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture Magazine

At a time when practically the entire rom-com genre has gravitated to streaming, this bilingual theatrical offering from Sony Pictures Classics feels like the best kind of throwback.’
Peter Debruge, Variety

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