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Senior Citizen Kane: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Duration: 1h38m
Dates: Thu 3 Jul 2025 10:30

Agathe, hopelessly clumsy yet charming, and full of contradictions, 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 British bookshop, Shakespeare & Co in Paris, 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. 

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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A woman stands in front of a book shelf looking at a note.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A young woman with a pensive expression sits at a restaurant table
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A woman holding an umbrella smiles at a man. They are walking by a pier.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A young woman cycles her bike through the cobbled streets of Paris.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A woman stands in front of a book shelf looking at a note.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A young woman with a pensive expression sits at a restaurant table
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A woman holding an umbrella smiles at a man. They are walking by a pier.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A young woman cycles her bike through the cobbled streets of Paris.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A woman stands in front of a book shelf looking at a note.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A young woman with a pensive expression sits at a restaurant table
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
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