Overview
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
Details
- Director
- Ang Lee
- Writer
- Emma Thompson
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $16,000,000
Cast
Alan Rickman
Elizabeth Spriggs
Emma Thompson
Gemma Jones
Greg Wise
Harriet Walter
Hugh Grant
Imogen Stubbs
James Fleet
Kate Winslet
Keywords
1800s
19th century
based on novel or book
bloodletting
country life
countryside
decorum
devonshire
england
dowry
free spirited
horse carriage
inheritance
london
england
marry for money
military officer
penniless
period drama
pneumonia
rainstorm
secret engagement
secret love
servant
sisters love
social class
social elite
sussex
widow
young love
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